Anne Bransford, a member of the Park City Board of Education and one of four candidates on the Park City Council ballot in November, would receive two separate taxpayer-funded compensation packages if she were to win a City Council seat.

A City Councilor is paid $12,486 in salary annually and is eligible for family health benefits valued at $13,881 annually. A City Councilor has the option of receiving the cash equivalent instead of the health benefits, bringing the potential annual cash payment to $26,367.

A Board of Education member, meanwhile, earns $6,000 per year in salary. Members are eligible for medical and dental insurance, paid for by the School District. A Board of Education member cannot choose to take the cash equivalent as a City Councilor can.

Bransford and her family receive from the School District approximately $4,300 worth of health insurance, prescription coverage, dental insurance and vision coverage annually, according to figures provided by the candidate.

If she wins a seat on the City Council, Bransford said, she would likely retain the medical and dental coverage through the School District and take the cash equivalent of the City Hall medical benefits.

Bransford’s compensation between the two positions would be expected to reach to approximately $36,700 at the start if she wins a City Council seat.

A key plank in Bransford’s platform is building relationships between City Hall and the Park City School District, two distinct governmental entities. She sees an opportunity for more collaboration and communication between them if she is elected. In order to do so, she said, she wants to become a full-time public servant and would need to be compensated as such.

“Can I do that on $500 a month with the School District,” Bransford said.

It would be highly unusual in Park City for someone to hold two elected positions at the same time. In outlying Summit County, though, Blake Frazier is currently both the county auditor and the mayor of Oakley, each of which are elected offices.

Bransford’s Board of Education term ends in early 2013, and she would need to seek re-election in 2012 if she wants to remain on the panel. She said she is unsure if she would campaign for the Board of Education seat in 2012 if she wins a City Council term, which would begin in January 2012.

Meanwhile, Bransford would be in the rare position of holding one out of five votes on each of the panels, a full 20 percent of the votes between the City Council and the Board of Education, if she were serving on both. Bransford said that scenario does not put her in a position of undue power.

“I’m only one vote on each board . . . I am just one person. It takes three, the majority,” Bransford said.

There is not overlap between the oversight duties of the City Council and the Board of Education. City Hall does not have authority over School District properties and vice versa.

Bransford said the School District does not have current plans to acquire new properties within the Park City limits, something that could have created a conflict if City Hall was interested in the same property. She said there are no plans to build another school inside Park City, but long-range talks about facilities are ongoing.

There had previously been strained relations between City Hall and the School District spurred by building projects, with Park City officials desiring a wider role in inspecting the School District construction.

Bransford pledged she would not intervene at City Hall on behalf of the School District or at the School District on behalf of the municipal government. She would remove herself from discussions that involved both based on conflict-of-interest rules, she said.

“I would have four people on each board to remind me,” she said.