Marin County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
• Agency Response
Response to:
Cyberattacks: A Growing Threat to Marin Government
The Town of Corte Madera Lucy Dilworth, Foreperson Marin County California Marin County Civil Grand Jury*
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F3
Any link to publicpay.ca.gov on an agency's website that fails to go directly to the agency's current compensation data on that website does not satisfy the intent of the Government Code that information be easily located. The Town of Corte Madera agrees with F3 and it has been implemented.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
No later than 90 days after the date of this report, agencies should modify their existing publicpay.ca.gov links so that they provide a direct link to their current compensation data on the state site. To eliminate the need for annual updates, the URL used for the link should exclude any parameter specifying a year. Formatted URL examples are shown on
F4
Regarding compensation policies for elected officials, many public agencies do not provide the public with easy access to information regarding salary, meeting fees or stipends (including compensation for serving as liaison to other advisory committees, councils and forums), reimbursements, health and retirement benefits, and other benefits such as equipment. The Town of Corte Madera partially disagrees with F4 in that the Town of Corte Madera lacks sufficient information to determine whether "many" public agencies match the description in this finding, but easy public access to this information has been implemented by our agency.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
No later than 90 days after the date of this report, in addition to any other compensation links, agencies should include a link on their board or council web pages that leads directly to their "Elected Officials" page on the publicpay.ca.gov site, conforming to the format suggested on
F5
Regarding detailed disclosure of total compensation paid, most public agencies do not break out all components of compensation paid to their elected officials, including salary, meeting fees or stipends (including compensation for serving as liaison to other advisory committees, councils and forums), reimbursements, health and retirement benefits, and other benefits such as equipment. The Town of Corte Madera disagrees with F5 and it will not be implemented. The Town of Corte Madera lacks sufficient information to determine whether "most" public agencies match the description in this finding. The Town feels that the information on the public pay webpage reflects the true compensation and benefits that the elected official receive.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
No later than 120 days after the date of this report, agencies should include on their board or council web pages a comprehensive description of their policies regarding all compensation paid to elected officials specifying, at a minimum, salary, meeting fees or stipends (including compensation for serving as liaison to other advisory committees, councils and forums), reimbursements, health and retirement benefits, and other benefits such as equipment. The Town of Corte Madera agrees with R5 and it has been implemented. The section of the Town's website pertaining to compensation is now compliant and provides the following: a link to the Corte Madera Municipal Code sections concerning compensation to the Mayor and Members of the Council and a disclosure that the Mayor and Members of the Town Council have the option to enroll in the Town's medical coverage, at their own expense with a nominal administrative fee paid by the Town, and are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses pursuant to the same policies that govern employees. This information, and more, can also be found on the Transparency Portal page on the Town's website (see link below). A link to the current Agency Report of Public Official Appointments, Form 806, can be found on the following two pages on the Town's website: https://www.townofcortemadera.org/384/Transparency-Portal • https://www.townofcortemadera.org/600/Councilmembers •
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