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Council hears proposal to raise monthly council pay from $25 to $100 on charter amendment ballot
Summary
Staff described Proposition 2, a charter amendment to raise council compensation from $25 to $100 per month and noted that the current charter language dates to May 1959; council members asked about evaluation triggers and future reviews.
City staff explained Proposition 2, a proposed amendment to Article II, Section 6 of The Village charter that would increase council pay from $25 per month to $100 per month. Staff said the charter language dates to May 1959 and that the requested change reflects long‑standing purchasing‑power shifts since that date.
"The city charter wanted to affect in May 1959 and it hasn't changed since May 1959," staff said while outlining the rationale for the adjustment. Staff also presented a simple inflation‑adjusted comparison showing that $25 in 1959 represents a substantially higher amount in today's dollars, which underlies the suggested increase.
Council member Janice asked whether the amendment would create a recurring schedule or trigger for future adjustments; staff discussed thresholds and review mechanisms but did not commit to an automatic formula in the provided excerpt. The transcript does not record a council vote on the charter amendment in the excerpt provided.
