[Kzyxtalk] Salaries

[she-la]

Dennis & all, 
  I had a conversation with Jeanette Todd, GM of KMUD, over a year ago that informed me that a legal challenge to the California Privacy Act was made in a court of appeals in January 2011which overturned the requirement of protecting employee salaries from public information. In a subsequent email she referred me to the IRS site which I sent to you & others. I have asked King to research this further. I would think that a call to Jeanette would help clarify why KMUD does provide this information in their annual budget report to the members of the station. It is progress that we at last know the GM's salary--a surprising change from the position that NO  salaries at KZYX are public information. I am always amazed at the inconsistency of the Board position on various issues that I believe comes from a lack of perspective on previous public statements, only some of which can be tracked through the minutes of past meetings. How can we help to resolve this situation?
           Sheila Dawn

Dennis OBrien <dennisobrien at sharejerusalem.com> wrote:

>I have attached IRS form 990, the annual return that is accessible to the public, filed by MCPB/KZYX.  It shows total salaries paid in 2012 were $249,539 (total expenses $547,135), with the General Manager being paid $54,000.  Breakdown for other employees is not provided, nor is it required.
>I have requested the 2013 return, which should be available as a matter of law.  2014 is not required to be filed until April 15.
>
>I cannot find any law that requires the salaries of employees of a nonprofit organization to be confidential.  The current Proposals for Change require disclosure of all information whose confidentiality is not required by law.
>Dennis
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