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Council discusses paying planning commissioners; staff to return with ordinance after public hearing
Summary
Petersburg planning staff told council the FY‑26 budget includes $75 per meeting for planning commissioners if council wants to compensate members; members asked questions about precedent, funding source and attendance; staff said a code amendment and planning commission public hearing would be required before council action.
Naomi Sayadmock, identified in the meeting as the city’s planning director, told the Petersburg City Council on May 6 that the Planning Department included funding in the proposed FY‑26 budget to pay planning commissioners $75 per meeting, and asked whether council is interested in compensating commissioners for their time and training.
Sayadmock said comparable jurisdictions take different approaches: Hopewell pays $50 every two weeks (most commissioners there decline the payment), Colonial Heights pays…
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