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Commissioners postpone vote on proposed cap for elected-official pay after extensive debate
Summary
After weeks of drafting and a multi-hour debate, the commission voted to postpone consideration of an amendment that would set guardrails on elected-official salaries so drafters can provide clearer numbers and options.
The Charter Review Commission debated a proposed charter amendment that would put guardrails on elected-official salaries and then voted to postpone further consideration so the sponsor can revise the language and provide comparative numbers.
Commissioner Andrew Redding introduced a version of Amendment 10 that he described as guardrails rather than fixed caps. The text would have limited certain elected-official salaries by reference to state or peer-county levels and left detailed adjustments to the independent salary commission. Redding said the language was intended to be simple and to respond to public concern that Some Whatcom salaries are relatively high compared with…
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