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Pasco Approves Contract For New County Attorney

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By Julia Ferrante, The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 4, 2007

DADE CITY - County commissioners unanimously approved a two-year contract this morning with Jeffrey Steinsnyder to be Pasco's next county attorney.

A former assistant county attorney in Manatee, Steinsnyder is to start in Pasco on Jan. 22 at a salary of $165,000.

Steinsnyder, who is replacing the retiring Robert Sumner, will become the first county employee to receive a car allowance of $450 per month. He also will receive a deferred compensation retirement package with a 50 percent match.

County Commissioner Pat Mulieri questioned why the county is offering Steinsnyder those benefits when others, including County Administrator John Gallagher, do not get them. Gallagher, who has been in his position for 26 years, said the benefits are "the wave of the future" for high-ranking county employees and comparable to what is being offered in other counties.

Steinsnyder plans to maintain his primary residence at his waterfront home in Manatee to take advantage of a homestead exemption there for at least a year, said commission Chairman Ted Schrader, who helped negotiate the contract. Steinsnyder plans to rent a home in Pasco and stay there most of the time.

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