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Commission keeps pre-2023 pay levels but debates steeper cut option
Summary
The commission adopted an ordinance that restores mayoral and commissioner pay and expense allowances to pre-2023 levels (with CPI adjustments) rather than setting compensation at $1; members debated a temporary $1 option and agreed to pursue a voter referendum process for future compensation changes.
The Coral Gables City Commission voted May 6 to adopt a compensation ordinance that returns mayor and commissioner pay and travel/expense allowances to the levels in effect at the end of fiscal year 2022-23 (with CPI increases specified in the code), and eliminated a car allowance added in 2023.
Two competing ordinances were on the table: item 3A would reset compensation and expense allowances to the FY2022-23 levels and eliminate the car allowance; item 3B would have set…
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