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Mar 7, 2024 · Based on the pay ranges included in the subcommittee’s example, council members would earn between $75,000 and $125,000, and the mayor’s pay would be between $90,000 and $140,000.
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Nov 27, 2023 · Dallas City Council members get paid $60,000 and the mayor earns $80,000. Council members voted themselves a $1,000 car allowance last year. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates San Antonio’s median household income was just above $55,000 in 2021.
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Apr 26, 2024 · It’s now recommending that council members be paid $80,000 per year, and the mayor $95,000 per year. The group’s original suggested pay for the mayor was between $90,000 and $140,000 per year.
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Supporters of this amendment argue that the lack of compensation for city council members restricts the candidates that can seek office to only those who are financially independent, preventing lots of great candidates from seeking office, inhibiting proper representation for lower economic classes, and creating a lack of low and middle-class persp...
The basic argument against the amendment amounted to an explanation of the value of public officials that are not motivated by money. Some argued that great leaders are not motivated by profit, but by the desire to serve.
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The following summary of this measure was provided on the city's voter information guide:
Charter Amendment 2 was one of three amendments on the May 9 election ballotthat were recommended by the San Antonio Charter Review Commission. The city council voted to create the charter review commission on August 7, 2014. Once the recommendations were made by the commission, the city council voted on February 26, 2015, to put the three recommen...
May 7, 2024 · Currently, council members make $45,722 while the mayor makes $61,725. Those salaries have remained unchanged since 2015. The subcommittee suggested that the pay for council members be...
Aug 8, 2024 · Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda (D6), Councilman Manny Pelaez (D8), and Councilman Marc Whyte (D10) voted against raising council member pay from $45,722 to $70,200 and the mayor’s salary...
Aug 8, 2024 · The proposed council pay is 80% of the 2023 average median income of San Antonio, and the proposed mayoral pay is 100% of the 2023 average median income of San Antonio. The salaries would then be indexed to the HUD figures, changing as the city’s average median income for a family of four changes.
