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Civic assembly urges higher pay, accountability and eight‑year charter reviews; committee refers proposals to full council
Summary
Lexington’s General Government and Planning Committee received three recommendations from the city’s first civic assembly — raising council pay to $59,987 (CPI‑adjusted), requiring public accountability standards and establishing mandatory eight‑year charter reviews — and voted to refer draft language to the full council work session on June 2.
Lexington’s General Government and Planning Committee on April 28 received recommendations from the city’s first civic assembly that would change how the city sets council compensation, requires public accountability standards for elected members and schedules regular charter reviews.
The committee moved to accept the assembly’s recommendations for consideration and refer proposed amendment language to the full council’s June 2 work session. Vice Mayor Wu made the motion to refer; the committee approved it by voice vote.
The assembly presented three main proposals. Haley Small, an assembly member from District 5, said the group voted by an 84.6% supermajority to set a new cap for council compensation at $59,987 — “that is the average annual…
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