Another proposal, to undo caps on the city manager's pay and tenure, has also been divisive, but remains popular with the charter commission.
The current salaries for the mayor and city council members were established in 2015, set to the city's area median income at the time.A subcommittee tasked with recommending changes to City Council salaries has adjusted its initial proposal, which suggested raising salaries from the current $45,700 to as high as $125,000 per year.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.Last week the commission’s co-chair Bonnie Prosser Elder said the first proposal had “” and the commission had received significant feedback about it. Co-chair David Zammiello suggested a messaging campaign might be necessary to accompany substantial changes to the council salaries, since any City Charter changes would have to be approved by voters on the Nov. 5 ballot.
The current salaries were established in 2015, set to the city’s area median income at the time. But the voter-approved change did not index those salaries, meaning they have not risen with the AMI, which is now closer to $60,000. “If the city budget is healthy, then the workforce and the city leaders could afford a wage increase,” the subcommittee’s presentation reasoned. “But if the workforce does not receive a raise, neither should the elected officials.”
Over the last two months, dozens of citizens have come to the subcommittee’s meetings to share comments on whether to raise City Manager Erik Walsh’s salary, which is currently more than $300,000.While that idea has the support of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and North San Antonio Chamber leaders who could fund the campaign behind it, it’s also created some unlikely allies pushing back against it at public comment sessions.
“It’s a compelling issue to me, not only because of my union background, but because of the efforts I see happening around the country,” Potter said. “It seems like we’re limiting people’s participation in the Democratic process.”, and Zammiello said all additional proposals must wait to the end of the process. It could be considered at the May 20 or May 23 meeting if all of the other charges have been addressed.
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