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Commission debates removing fixed mayor/council salaries from charter and creating a review committee
Summary
The commission considered removing fixed salary figures from the charter and creating a citizen "blue ribbon" committee to recommend compensation; members split over automatic COLAs versus market-based review and whether council should adopt recommendations.
The commission reviewed Section 4.05, which currently lists fixed pay amounts for mayor and council members in the charter. The chair proposed removing hard-coded figures from the charter and instead creating a citizen "blue ribbon" committee to study compensation and recommend adjustments to the council, with any change enacted by ordinance through the normal budget process. "I…
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