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Commission approves 3% council pay benchmark, rejects open hire provision for council staff
Summary
The commission voted to set council member pay at 3% of the mayor’s salary for future terms and rejected a broad charter provision that would have allowed the council to appoint additional employees without clearer budgetary guardrails.
The Charter Vision Commission voted to recommend that council member compensation be set at an amount equal to 3% of the mayor’s salary, effective with the specified election cycle in the draft charter. Commissioners who favored a salary‑based approach argued it provides clarity and avoids the administrative complexity of an expense‑reimbursement model; those opposed said the state law restrictions and political optics…
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