NEXT WEEK, THE CITIZENS INDEPENDENT SALARY COMMISSION WILL MEET TO SET THE PAY FOR ALBUQUERQUE’S MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JOHN CAREY SAYS ANY PAY RAISE WOULDN’T IMMEDIATELY GO INTO EFFECT:
TWO YEARS AGO, THE COMMISSION RAISED THE MAYOR’S PAY FROM JUST UNDER 110-THOUSAND TO 125-THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND COUNCILORS GOT A HUGE PAY BUMP FROM 17-THOUSAND 500 TO 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
