My guess is that he and the other board members who approved this ‘package’ colluded secretly to NOT advertise exactly what the compensation package was.
It was likely loosely referenced as some employment agreement in a board meeting, quickly voted upon and passed with no announcement of the details. Had anyone been suspicious and asked for the details they would have been sent on a FOIA paper chase.
In my opinion, all of that whole board are criminals and should be imprisoned. If they can’t be convicted on the salary, giving a sweetheart loan of over $900K at 2% over 40 years is likely illegal because it commits resources outside their respective terms and was not a publically advertised debt commitment put to the voters.
I think if the state, county, and local city would just publish once a year.....these are our employee positions, and how much each makes and what their pension deal would be....the public would fire all of their representatives. Nobody would stand there and allow the dimwits to hire some sheriff for $190,000 a year. Nor would they allow the chief county nurse to get a pension deal of $140,000 a year. Nor would the chief of the local fire department get a wage of $270,000 a year.