Peoria Times 11-30-2018

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Vol. 64 - No. 48

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November 30, 2018

Council to receive pay increase BY CAROLYN DRYER Peoria Times Editor

At its Nov. 13 regular meeting, Mayor Cathy Carlat and Peoria City Council approved unanimously the Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected City Officials’ recommendation for a 5 percent salary increase that will take effect Jan. 1. It may seem like a generous increase at 5 percent, but Peoria’s mayor and city council do not take home enormous salaries to begin with. The commission

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is required to make its recommendation every two years for either no increase or an increase of no more than 5.1 percent. For the mayor, whose salary is presently $32,904, the increase means she will begin receiving an annual salary of $34,549. For councilmembers, whose annual salaries are presently $21,936, the increase boosts their salaries to $23,033. The fiscal impact is $8,227 per year. Electors of the city approved an

amendment to the city charter in 1997 that established the five-member commission on salaries for the mayor and City Council. By statute, the commission is required to file its recommendation with the city clerk 150 days prior to the primary election. If the City Council rejects the recommendation of the commission, the salaries of the mayor and City Council remain the same and the commission’s recommendation process does not occur again for two years. see

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