So apparently it's time to amend the City Charter yet again. Among other things, council members want to double their salaries – $24K for the council members and $48K for the mayor.
Being a council member is not a full time job. I know some council members would like to make it look like going to pot luck dinners, ribbon cuttings and Nat'l League of Cities conventions is full time work, but frankly, it's not.
Council members manage only three employees: the City Manager, the City Auditor and the Municipal Counselor. They vote on the budget, which is essentially presented to them as a finished product requiring them to either vote yes or shut down city government. And they scold people from the dais who own run-down houses.
Plus whatever the Chamber of Commerce tells them to do.
Expecting to get twice as much money for that is nuts, in my opinion.
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