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Council approves 5.575% total adjustment for first selectman’s salary; debate continues over clerk and treasurer COLA
Summary
The New Canaan Town Council on Sept. 17 approved an increase to the first selectman’s salary that was presented as two 2.75 percent adjustments (one per year), and it directed the council finance committee to ask the Board of Finance to consider similar COLA adjustments for the town clerk and treasurer.
The New Canaan Town Council voted Sept. 17 to approve an increase in compensation for the first selectman, described in the meeting as two 2.75 percent adjustments (one for each of the next two years) that together were presented as an effective 5.575 percent change to take effect following the November election.
The request was presented by representatives of the Board of Finance, who said the increase aligns the first selectman’s pay with cost-of-living adjustments granted to town employees. Town counsel explained that state law and the town charter restrict how and when elected officials’…
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