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Finance committee recommends raising elected-official pay and a $1,000 monthly threshold for medical credit; public input to be solicited
Summary
Medina’s finance committee debated and recommended changes to elected-official compensation designed to meet pension/medical credit thresholds; committee approved recommending a $1,000 monthly rate to qualify for medical credit by a 2–1 vote and agreed to post the proposal for public comment before a final council vote.
The Medina City Council Finance Committee discussed proposed pay adjustments for the mayor, council president and council members and recommended changes intended to secure pension and medical-credit eligibility under state retirement rules.
The committee approved, by a 2–1 vote, a recommendation that council members’ pay be set at $1,000 per month (the level cited as the healthcare eligibility floor under the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, OPERS). Mr. Rose, who presented the ad hoc committee’s report, described the majority recommendation and said the committee "passed by a vote of 2 to 1." He added that the committee recommended a higher rate for the council president that the materials list as "$12.82 per month or 15,384" (as recorded in the…
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