Thornton Township in Cook County, Illinois has come under fire for its wacky pay scale for local officials, paying them based on how many terms they’ve served. That makes for an uneven system where a first-term trustee makes $11,195 while doing the same job as an eighth-term trustee making $41,540.
The pay scale was recently uncovered by the Edgar County Watchdogs thanks to an open records request, which showed that in 2020, Thornton Township approved a new pay scale for its elected officials, with salaries based on seniority.
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