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Corporation counsel: council generally cannot raise a salary by ordinance; item withdrawn
Summary
After lifting an item from the table, the City Council heard a legal opinion from Corporation Counsel Alan Rumsey that, generally, the council cannot raise a salary by ordinance; councilors then moved to withdraw the item.
The City Council lifted a previously tabled agenda item and heard a legal opinion that led members to withdraw the item from consideration. Alan Rumsey, corporation counsel, told the council that, "the general answer is no," when asked whether the council could raise a salary by ordinance, and he said emergency exceptions cited in law did not apply in this case.
After the council moved to lift Item 5 from the table and…
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