Bloomington’s mayor says she disagrees with proposed raises for city council members.
City council is planning to revise the ordinance that would almost double members' annual salaries.
Mayor Kerry Thomson said her administration has been looking at salary adjustments for all regular city staff and unions.
“We had allocated a total of $6 million to go over 800 different employees, but it was not in my plans to do significant increases for the elected officials this year,” Thomson said.
Earlier this year, the city unanimously approved raises for employees in the fire and police departments.
Thomson said the current city council proposal is out of line.
“I think when you run for office, you are committing to the salary band that you have run under and anything very significant, I think should wait until an election year,” Thomson said.
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Council member Sydney Zulich said at last week’s council meeting she’d work with council member Courtney Daily on an amendment to the ordinance for Tuesday’s special session.
Tuesday’s special session is 7:30 p.m. at City Hall and includes discussion and public comment. The ordinance also will receive a second reading and possible vote at Wednesday night’s regular council meeting.
