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New Iberia council calls election on charter amendment to raise mayoral pay after heated debate
Summary
The New Iberia City Council voted to call a special election on a proposed home-rule charter amendment to raise the mayor’s base pay to $120,000; council discussion focused on timing, procedural speed and an automatic civil-service-linked annual adjustment that could compound future pay increases.
A majority of the New Iberia City Council voted to order a special election to let voters decide whether to amend the city’s home-rule charter to increase the mayor’s base salary to $120,000 and make related changes, the council announced after an extended meeting debate.
Council members debated the package for more than an hour before the final vote. Several members, including Councilman Ron Davis, said they supported placing the question before voters but urged a slower review of the charter language that ties…
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