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Gardiner mayor, council agree to form ad hoc committee to review employee compensation after solicitor opinion
Summary
Mayor Nixon and councilors agreed to form a four-person ad hoc committee to seek a compromise compensation plan after a city solicitoropinion clarified voting thresholds for ordinances; the communication was placed on file by council vote.
Mayor Nixon told the Gardiner City Council on Monday that the city solicitor issued an opinion interpreting voting thresholds for ordinances in the city charter and state general laws and recommended a small procedural fix to avoid future confusion. "There is a general theme with everyone that there's a simple fix that just needs to be made," the mayor said, adding that the goal is to produce a balanced compensation proposal that helps recruitment and retention while respecting the city's financial responsibility. The…
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