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East Bethel council directs staff to draft ordinance to revise council pay
Summary
At a Sept. 22 work session, East Bethel city leaders discussed raising mayoral and councilmember pay, asked staff to draft ordinance language and to link future adjustments to COLA; any change would take effect in January following the next election under state law.
East Bethel — City leaders at a Sept. 22 work session discussed whether to raise the mayor’s and councilmembers’ pay and directed staff to prepare ordinance language for the council to review.
City staff told the council the existing ordinance lists the mayor’s pay as "$5.25 per month" and councilmembers’ pay as "$4.75 per month," and noted the amounts were last changed in October 2005. "If it is changed, it would not go into effect until…
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