Hogsett says he'll veto Democrats' last-minute proposal to raise City-County Council salaries

INDIANAPOLIS -- City-County Council Democrats on Monday afternoon introduced a last-minute pay raise proposal that would more than double councilors’ base pay. But its timing has raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.

The proposal seeks to set councilors’ wages to 16% of the base pay of Marion County Superior Court judges, who in 2019 were paid $150,723. Current statutes tie councilors’ pay to the mayor’s $95,000 salary.

The proposal was introduced just hours before Monday night's meeting and will be heard by the council's Rules and Public Policy Committee at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in room 260 of the City-County Building.

While Republicans were quick to criticize the proposal Monday as an 11th-hour effort by Democrats to raise their own pay, Mayor Joe Hogsett, a Democrat who was handed a decisive victory on Election Day, has already said he would veto the measure, if passed.

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