Our View: City pays admin too much

Green River is paying its city administrator too much.

This isn’t to say the administrator, Reed Clevenger, isn’t doing a good job. We think he’s done a fine job for Green River in the three years he has worked for the city. However, the pay outline in his new contract doesn’t reflect well with other city administrators across the state nor on a city that has cried poverty for the past few years.

Including Clevenger’s $600 a month vehicle allowance, he will earn $154,490, according to the new contract that is up from $138,612.50 specified in the the previous contract. This increas...