Council benny package shocks Gookin

Coeur d’Alene City Council members receive annual gross earnings of $9,000, which is a whopping $750 a month. It’s plainly stated in City Code 2.72.010: “The salaries commencing Jan. 1, 2008, of each city council person shall be eight thousand seven hundred dollars ($8,700) per year, payable monthly, and then increasing the salary to nine thousand dollars ($9,000) effective Jan. 1, 2009.” What isn’t so apparent is the benefits package that accompanies the salary, which, when broken down, can be as much as an additional $1,996.27 per month. Coeur d’Alene City Councilman Dan Gookin was taken aback when he saw the details of his benefits, which he received in the form of a 2015 Total Compensation Statement form on Wednesday/ Devin Heilman , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .