Part 1:
Amherst Senior Center Budget

The Senior Center’s adopted budget for 2007 was $1,376,735.68 which was an increase of $123, 465. 80 over the 2006 adopted budget. It’s time the Senior Center’s budget is reviewed to evaluate how the funds the Town budget allots the Center are actually spent. Are our dollars being spent judiciously?

The biggest item in the Senior Center’s budget is for their highly paid administrators. The Executive Director, Mary Ellen Walsh, earned $84,276 in 2006. In 2007 she earned $86,181.69. This is an increase of close to $2000. What a nice chunk of change. It’s very nice for executive types to receive an increase of $2000 in a given year.

The Assistant Director earned $64,379 in 2006. This year saw the salary increased to $65,834.78. This is a nearly a $1500.00 raise in one year.

Then we have the Meals on Wheels Coordinator. This position paid $52,534 in 2006 but jumped up to $53,727 in 2007. The pay increase in one year was close to $1300 dollars.

The Program Coordinator for Senior Citizens pulled in $44,000 in 2006 then jump to $45,004 in 2007. This was an increase of $1000 in salary in only one year.

The Director of Volunteers pulled down $43,190.28 in 2006 but received over a $ 900 increase in pay in 2007.

The Food Service Manager did well by earning $ 42,088 in 2006 but in 2007 salary for this position was increase to $43,039.50. That’s a raise of about $950.

The Laborer Crew Chief earned $43,190.28 but in 2007 the salary shot up to $44,693.64, a decent increase of close to $1,500 in one year.

The Senior Center has 43 employees who utilize 40 phones. So far, through June, 2007, Amherst has spent $10,321 paying the Senior Center phone bill. In 2005 the Senior Center phone bill was $22,626. In 2006 the phone bill dropped from the previous year to $20,198. One has to wonder what the bottom line will be at the close of 2007.

NEXT: The salaries of the remaining administrators.

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