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Bakersfield council votes to keep council pay unchanged
Summary
After a presentation on options to amend the city charter, the Bakersfield City Council voted to leave council salaries as written in the charter; the motion passed 6–1 with Vice Mayor Kaur voting no.
The Bakersfield City Council voted to leave the city charter's council salary language unchanged after a presentation by City Attorney Ginny Gennaro on options for a charter amendment and related costs.
Gennaro, the city attorney, told the council that “the city of Bakersfield is a charter city as compared to a general law city,” and walked members through Section 18 of the city charter, historical attempts to change council pay and a state statute that could set council pay by ordinance. She said Government Code…
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