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Glendale council debates administrative stipends and car allowances; members call for public transparency and follow‑up
Summary
Glendale council members debated an administrative policy that pays each councilmember a $450 monthly car allowance and a $900 monthly stipend, with some members calling for the policy to be made public or rescinded and others defending it as an efficient replacement for small expense reimbursements.
The Glendale City Council held an extended discussion of City Administrative Policy 11 — a staff‑level policy that provides council members a $450 monthly car allowance and a $900 monthly stipend — during the Aug. 26 workshop, with members divided over transparency, ethics and whether the allowance should be retained, modified or elevated to a council‑adopted policy.
Budget staff outlined the policy’s parameters: the stipend and car allowance are treated as taxable income under an IRS non‑accountable plan, paid across 26 pay periods, and require no receipts; council members may elect to receive none, one or both payments. "City administrative policy 11 became effective 05/01/2022," Amy Lindsay of budget and finance…
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