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Residents urge review of council pay, charter changes and residency rules
Summary
Two residents urged the council to revisit council compensation, suggested a merit or event stipend, and recommended charter language requiring discovery for impeachment and residency rules; a later attendee corrected a numeric claim about a proposed raise.
During public comment, a resident identified as Miss Bean urged the Georgetown Village Council to revisit how council members are paid and to consider a merit-based stipend for event attendance. Speaking from her seat because of a recent fall, she said a "typical yearly payment around here is around $2,775" and proposed recognition for members who produce measurable results.
Former council member Mark Robert Anderson raised several related governance items: traffic changes around Cherry Street, measures to slow speeds at a park entrance, stronger enforcement or removal of abandoned buildings, and a change to the village charter to require discovery-like procedures if a council member faces impeachment. Anderson also suggested that any council pay increase be funded through a voter-approved levy.
A separate attendee corrected an earlier numerical claim about a proposed pay increase, saying the arithmetic aligned more with about "130%" rather than "250%," and emphasized that the change referenced the office (the seat) rather than the current individual. Council did not take immediate action or vote on pay or charter changes; later in the meeting members moved to an executive session to consider public-employee compensation.
The comments were delivered during the public-comment portion of the meeting and did not prompt immediate council policy changes; councilors suggested items could be scheduled for future consideration.
