Gittens Forging Legislation To Eliminate Salary For Casino Control Commission Commissioners
- Staff
- August 01, 2019
Senator Kenneth's office said Wednesday that Mr. Gittens will introduce a measure to restructure the Casino Control Commission (C.C.C.), to include eliminating salaried positions for commissioners. The measure, currently being drafted, calls for C.C.C. commissioners to be paid a stipend for their attendance at meetings as opposed to holding full-time salaried positions at the commission, as they do presently. “This is an important position and commissioners should be compensated for their efforts, but the current model has not been proven necessary or especially effective,” said Mr. Gittens. According to the senator, commissioners are paid more than $100,000 annually, plus the added cost of benefits, travel and other perks. Mr. Gittens proposes paying commissioners $500 per official meeting, not to exceed $10,000 annually and relying on commission staff to execute day-to-day operations. He said commissioners will retain responsibility for approving all license, registration,...
