PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare commissioners raised CEO Mike Glenn’s salary to $350,000 for 2023 during a special meeting Thursday.
Following roughly an hour in executive session, commissioners approved the raise in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Matt Ready voting against.
Ready said at the meeting he had performance concerns and called the raise “excessive.”
Jefferson Healthcare would not confirm Glenn’s 2022 salary, but Peninsula Daily News reported in October that Glenn’s salary was $300,000 based on comments made by Port Townsend Mayor David Faber during discussion of the city manager’s salary.
Other members of the board defended the increase, praising Glenn’s management of the hospital and saying his qualifications could garner higher wages elsewhere.
“He is an outstanding CEO and we are lucky to have him,” said Commissioner Jill Buhler Rienstra. “It will be a horrible day when he retires.”
Commissioner Marie Dressler also praised Glenn’s record and said the hospital was financially stable.
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