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Resident questions reported council pay increase; city manager confirms council is receiving adjusted compensation
Summary
At petitions and requests, a resident asked whether council had begun receiving a pay increase reported in a local paper despite a pending charter amendment. City Manager Sal Maron said the newspaper report was accurate: council is receiving compensation at the adjusted level, and the charter amendment had not been properly enacted earlier.
During the petitions and requests portion of the Greenbelt City Council meeting, resident Bill Orleans asked whether a recent newspaper report stating the council had adopted an increase in compensation was accurate and whether the council was already receiving the higher pay without the charter having been properly amended.
City Manager Sal Maron responded directly in the meeting, saying the reporting in the Greenbelt News Review was accurate: council members are receiving compensation that reflected the fiscal‑year 2024 budget process, and the related charter amendment had not been properly completed at the time the payments occurred.
No formal action was taken at the meeting; the petition was logged and staff said the matter would remain on record. The mayor reminded the public that the petitions and requests section is an opportunity to register concerns and that staff will follow up rather than provide extended back‑and‑forth at the podium.
Orleans also said the publication’s printed packet for the meeting was missing pages; staff acknowledged the distribution problem and said it would be addressed.
