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Committee restores salary-range question for council and mayor; debate over wording, benefits and order of questions
Summary
Members debated how to present council and mayor compensation to the public, whether to include concrete dollar ranges and benefits information, and voted to re-add a salary-range question with expanded numeric choices.
Sunnyvale’s Charter Review Committee on Sept. 25 voted to restore a numerical salary-range question about council and mayor pay to the survey after committee members, staff and public speakers argued over readability, context and whether to present median-income or inflation-linked options.
Deputy City Manager Connie Vercelles walked the committee through the survey platform, participation history and tradeoffs of providing too much background information. Public commenter Zachary K urged the…
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