Vacation and leave:
The Santa Clara Valley Water District grants its top executives 35 days (7 weeks). If you don’t use it all, you can sell back as much as 28 days, effectively racking up another month’s pay.
Deferred compensation:
Financially pressed Santa Clara County’s top 22 managers, including the five supervisors, each are granted $15,500 a year in a deferred compensation account, similar to a 401(k).
Retirement:
The cities of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara each grant their employees 2.7 percent of their annual salary for every year of service. With 30 years, you can retire and take home 81 percent of your salary each year for life.
Auto allowance:
The top 13 executives in Santa Clara County government receive $600 per month. So does the CEO of the water district, Stan Williams.
Health care:
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and the water district pay all premiums on a variety of health plans for employees and families.
For more information, see chart on Page 4B.
