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Los Ranchos board moves to publish ordinance raising municipal judge pay from $50 to $150 a session
Summary
The Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque voted Dec. 1 to publish Ordinance 305 to increase municipal judge compensation from $50 to $150 per session; trustees approved advertisement and the measure returns for a Dec. 16 hearing, with officials noting elected judges cannot vote on their own pay until after an election.
Mayor Lawrence Rael called a Dec. 1 special meeting of the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Board of Trustees where the board moved to publish Ordinance 305, a proposal to raise municipal judge compensation.
The village attorney, Attorney Chapel, told trustees the pay had not been updated since about 1985 and said, “the compensation level selected in this ordinance by…
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