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Council trims Mayor’s office pay package, removes two auto allowances
Summary
Jacksonville City Council’s finance committee moved this week to reduce the proposed mayor’s office salary increase and to remove two small auto allowances after extended debate over fiscal priorities and transparency.
Jacksonville City Council finance committee members on Aug. 8 voted to reduce proposed increases in the mayor’s office salary line and to remove two auto allowances the mayor’s office had included in its proposed budget.
After more than two hours of debate, the committee approved an amendment that reduces the mayor’s office personnel budget by $300,000. The committee also voted to remove two auto allowances totaling $7,200 that had been proposed for two mayoral appointees.
The salary amendment was introduced after council members expressed alarm at the scale of the mayor’s office pay increases. Committee members described a pattern…
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