This proposed employment agreement is offensive and tone deaf. How could anyone be considering giving any of our executives any pay increase at all at this time? We have a huge budget deficit, which is due, in part, by chronic mismanagement. Even if you feel Darcie is doing a good job--but how could anyone?--she should not be receiving any pay increase at this time. You refuse to consider meaningful raises to only $20 per hour for IHSS workers but are willing to shower excessive increases on our CEO? This is shameful. In fact, Darcie should be embarrassed to even be asking for this. Frankly, she is likely not employable elsewhere so it is not like she would leave County employment if you don't increase her pay but even if she did we would likely be better off and could spend this money more wisely on a recruitment for qualified leadership from outside the mess that is Mendocino County government. Only totally tone deaf supervisors would consider this. Did you all seriously give her a good performance evaluation during the recent closed sessions? How? It shouldn't be a surprise that the only incumbent in this past election may actually lose her seat or at least come close, which should be a sign to the rest of you that the public thinks we are on the wrong track. For the two of you retiring after December, please don't saddle your replacements with this nonsense. There is no hope for any sound judgment from Mo so I won't bother but I expect better of my supervisors even though I will likely be disappointed again with your foolish votes. At least Christian was astute enough to leave, unfortunately Darcie is holding on. If you must keep her as CEO instead of finding better County leadership, then you should keep her pay exactly the same (or cut it 10% due to the budget crisis) and only extend her contract through 2025 so the new supervisors can fix this mistake without it costing us unnecessary severance. This proposal is truly offensive!