Council members debate whether population, TPT or budget should set pay comparables
Members argued over which metrics should anchor mayor and council pay: population, tourist-inflated TPT, or operating budget. Several said no single metric suffices and urged a blended comparables approach; staff will document options.
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Committee members diverged on the proper comparables to anchor mayor and council pay. Some favored strict population bands (±50%) and operating-budget bands; others warned that tourism-driven TPT (sales tax) inflates per-resident receipts in cities like Sedona and Paradise Valley and makes those cities poor matches. One council member said, "they give us their amount of money per pupil" in analogy to per-capita funding but cautioned that tourism skews the result.
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