City of Boulder 2A -- City Council Compensation

This would change the pay of city council members from $174.31 per meeting for up to 4 meetings per month to $1000 per month to be adjusted in the future by reference to the Consumer Price Index. (A similar measure on the 2007 ballot lost by 49 votes out of over 16,000 votes cast. It would have paid council members $500 per meeting for up to 2 meetings per month.)

Recommendation: for
I want my city council members to work hard for the city. I want to reward them for overseeing a city of 100,000 people and a $230 million budget, and then I want to hold them accountable. Being a city council member shouldn’t be a volunteer job, and a lot of work is done outside of city council meetings. Longmont pays its city council members $12,000 a year. We should compensate the city council members better so that more middle- and lower-income citizens will consider running for city council. This proposal may not actually make much of a dent toward this goal, but it is a step in the right direction.

Ballot Question No. 2A (Approved Ballot Language)

City Council Compensation

Shall Section 7 of the Charter be amended pursuant to Ordinance No. 7599 to provide that starting in 2009, city council members will be compensated at the rate of $1000 per month, adjusted in the future by reference to the Consumer Price Index?

The proposed amendment would delete existing language that currently compensates city council members at $174.31 per meeting, not to exceed four meetings per calendar month.

For the Measure ____ Against the Measure ____


See Section 7.
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