San Antonio City Council pay raise, longer terms added to Nov. 5 ballot

San Antonio – San Antonio voters will be asked whether to raise council members’ pay by tens of thousands of dollars and to double the length of their current terms.

San Antonio City Council members voted Thursday to put six separate charter amendments onto the Nov. 5 ballot. Though the council voted unanimously to order the election, the two amendments on council pay and term length were only included after 8-3 votes.

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 from $61,725 to $87,800. Future raises, under the proposal, would be tied to local income limits set by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development.

Pelaez, Whyte, and Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito (D7) voted against going from two-year terms to four-year terms.





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