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Erlanger caucus debates proposed mayor pay increase and competing alternative
Summary
Council members discussed proposed ordinance language to raise mayor and council pay, with one member calling portions of the ordinance text inappropriate (reading like job qualifications) and another offering a lower alternative pay proposal; a motion to table was suggested for consideration after upcoming elections.
Council considered proposed changes to mayor and council compensation and debated both substance and drafting.
A council member who revised the initially proposed ordinance said the packet included his changes. Another council member presented a competing proposal to raise mayor pay to $22,000 (from $15,000) and to adjust council pay modestly; that proposal was described as a comparative alternative to higher figures discussed earlier. One council member objected to language in the ordinance that she said reads like job qualifications rather than a compensation measure, arguing such content belongs in minutes or candidate materials and could be misread as imposing new expectations beyond state law.
Council members also discussed timing: one suggested tabling the ordinance until after the next election cycle so newly elected members could weigh in. No vote to change compensation was taken during the caucus; one council member said they would present competing legislation for consideration at the next meeting.
