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Resident urges pay freeze for top management and criticizes recent local fee increases
Summary
A resident used the workshop’s public-comment period to criticize recent municipal fee increases and executive pay decisions and to call for a five-year freeze on top management salaries, describing concerns about fiscal priorities.
During the public-comment period at the March 19 workshop, resident Bob Mulholland criticized recent local fee increases and asked the council for a five-year freeze on top management salaries.
Mulholland told the council he believed recent policy choices had raised residents’ costs. He said sales tax had risen “12%,” sewer fees had “been doubled,” and he criticized what he described as a city-manager pay-package push followed by budget cuts to a prevention program. He also referenced last summer’s park fire and asked the council to consider a five-year freeze on top management’s salaries and pay packages.
Mulholland’s comments were presented as public comment. Workshop facilitators and the consultant did not take formal action on the remarks during the session.
Ending: Mulholland’s statements are on the public record from the March 19 workshop and will be considered along with other public comments as the council and staff refine budget priorities for the coming fiscal year.
