The mayor of Redmond made a last-minute decision to nullify city council members from a near 600% pay increase after the Redmond Salary Commission considered raising the salaries of city council members to $115,000 a year.
The council members currently make just under $19,000 a year now. With benefits included, the salaries would have jumped past $140,000.
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That kind of raise in salary would require a tax increase, or job cuts at other city departments — something she does not want to happen.
“As Mayor, my job is to manage the city and the financial resources entrusted to me by the community
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