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Well that certainly didn’t take long. Get ready for even more of this.
I agree the optics do not look good. But, even double their pay would work out to about $24,000 a year, which is not that much more than a low-level part-time jobs would pay. There are better and more reliable ways to make money than going through the effort of trying to get elected to the City-County Council. If that is someone’s “get rich” scheme, then bless them, they must truly need the money. Also, the extra salary expense is not going to make a difference one way or the other as far as an over $1 billion city budget is concerned. I will not start worrying until they try to quadruple their pay.
Of course they are. And only a handful are of any value to their respective districts due to their incompetence. Such a wave of newcomers is unlikely to help things either.
Anyone who spends time attending Council and committee hearings knows the amount of time each of these Councillors put into their position.
I doubt anyone complaining about the pay increase would commit that much time for the amount of pay they receive.
And to the Republican Party Chair Cindy Kirchhofer’s comment about “enacting their liberal, big-spending agenda”, could we please stop the “canned” responses. Since when is getting paid appropriately a liberal agenda.
Ms. Kirchhofer might want to review a Star article from December 2015 titled “Part-time lawmakers, full-time pay?” in reference to our Indiana Legislature, of which Ms. Kirchhofer is a member. In that article it stated, “An Indianapolis Star review of lawmaker compensation found that legislators receive an average of about $60,000 a year. Some receive more than $70,000. That’s far more than the average Hoosier (Indiana’s median household income is $48,248). It’s also similar to what lawmakers in some states receive for working full time.”
One item not mention is if the Council pay raises the Mayor’s pay must raise also by same percentage. This could be the reason the Mayor does not want to approve. It would be a large expense in the budget to raise 25 Councillor’s pay and the Mayors by 16% or more.
I voted this down as one of my last votes in Caucus in 2015 as an At Large Councilor. It made more sense to ask for a small 2% raise with others in 2 to 4 years out if the City took in more money that they were in 2015. My idea was poo pooed.
Many do not understand this part time Job takes a lot more time than 20 hours a week. Just to vote on a proposal can take many hours of research and meetings to put your stamp on it with a yea or nae. Part time is a misstatement.
Again, they knew what the pay was going in and the hours required. Some of these councilors are also city employees. They should be barred from “double dipping”. Do you think someone can get hired at Dollar General making $7.50/hr and then demanding as soon as they get hired that they give them $15/hr.
Rhea, Please stop making up things up, there are no city employees on the city county council..If you want to make a point do so without fabrication.