Just a quick note to correct some recent information regarding the salaries of City Council Members.
The current City Council did NOT give Council Members a pay raise last year. In fact, State law prohibits a sitting Council from establishing its own rate of pay. Toward the end of each term of a City Council, the salary rate that will be in effect for the NEXT City Council is established in advance by the City Council Members whose terms are about to expire. At this point in time, no sitting City Council Member has any say about what his or her rate of pay will be. Demanding that Council Members cut their own salaries is asking the Council to take an action that is not legal under current State law. Dore Mead Tangletown former City Council Member, Ward 11 TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
