Charter Review Commission recommends boosting City Council pay as high as $125,000

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The exact salaries have yet to be determined and would be indexed based on the median base salary of director-level employees at the city, meaning it would automatically increase as those salaries increase. Councilman John Courage signed up to speak at Monday’s public meeting and also suggested a smaller pay increase.

Such a boost to the salaries of City Council members and the mayor would be unprecedented in a city known for lower-than-average wages.conducted by the city determined nearly half of San Antonians either cannot cover basic expenses or are one financial emergency away from not being able to afford necessities.of the vote in 2015 after local business groups backed a campaign to support it, changing San Antonio’s status as having among the lowest-compensated major city officeholders in the nation.

The group interviewed former council members Ana Sandoval , William “Cruz” Shaw , Reed Williams and Rey Saldaña to seek input on various aspects of their service, including the Their calculus took into account how council members are paid in Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Austin, Phoenix, San Jose, Philadelphia, San Diego and Corpus Christi.

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