Issue: 19 CdA Workers Paid $100K+

It’s easy to pick out the two biggest issues in the 2011 Coeur d’Alene City Council elections — proposed McEuen Field changes and the Lake City Development Corp. But there’s a third issue bubbling under the surface — pay for top city employees. Nineteen city employees are paid more than $100,000. Additionally, another 18 employees are paid $73,784 to $98,292) Here’s the positions paid over $100,000:

• $125,459 — City attorney/legal services director
• $123,024 — City administrator
• $112,005 — Treasurer/finance director, police chief, fire chief
• $110,597 — Deputy city administrator
• $107,399 — Police captain (2 individuals)
• $100,012 — Chief civil deputy city attorney, chief criminal deputy city attorney, city clerk/municipal services director, engineering services director, human resources director, parks director, planning director, street superintendent, wastewater superintendent, and water superintendent.
• Complete list here

Question: Are top officials in the city of Coeur d’Alene paid too much?