Idaho’s four top tax collectors will still get paid for furlough hours they took to save money and show solidarity with state workers getting their pay cut, because the law forbids them from altering their salaries voluntarily.
Royce Chigbrow, David Langhorst, Sam Haws and Tom Katsilometes took 292 hours of furlough in the fiscal year ending June 30.
Since their salaries are set by the Legislature, however, the state controller’s office says the commissioners will be paid for furlough time. That amounts to nearly $12,000.
The four said in a memo made public Wednesday by the Boise Guardian blog, “We regret having to do this, but it is simply out of our hands.”
Commissioners could still donate a share of their salaries to Idaho or a charity, but they’d be on the hook for any taxes. (AP)
