Elk Grove's Mayor, City Council to consider approving their own pay raise that could triple their salary
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| Elk Grove City Councilmember Darren Suen. | |
The requests for the pay review came from Elk Grove District 1 City Councilmember Darren Suen during the August 14 meeting. Suen, who took a job late last year as the chief of staff for California
Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen experienced a significant pay decrease from his salary at the California Department of Water Resources.
According to a staff report prepared by city attorney Jonathan Hobbs and city manager Jason Behrmann, California Senate Bill 329, which became law last year, allows Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and her four city councilmen to more than triple their current salary. Their current monthly salary net of expenses is $800, and they can increase it to $2,550.
The $2,550 represents the maximum the mayor and city council members can earn for a city with a population between 150,001 and 250,000 people. The U.S. Census has set Elk Grove's current population at 176,124.
The August 28 city council meeting starts at 6 p.m., and this will be the last hearing of the evening.
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I think the Mayor and Council are worth their weight in gold, aluminum? No, let's say balsa wood!
It takes arrogance to request a pay raise just before an election. At first, I thought they would table the matter until after the election. But the mayor and Suen are so filled with hubris and self-entitlement, they'll gladly take the extra cash.
To paraphrase Proverbs 16:18, pride comes before the fall.
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