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Colorado Springs City Council members are paid $6,250 a year - a pittance compared with salaries of county and state politicians - and council seats rarely are springboards for lengthy political careers. But if there's a high-profile position in local government, it's the Springs City Council.
Colorado Springs City Council members are paid $6,250 a year - a pittance compared with salaries of county and state politicians - and council seats rarely are springboards for lengthy political careers. But if there's a high-profile position in local government, it's the Springs City Council.
On Nov. 2, Redlands voters elected two new City Council members - Bob Gardner and Paul Foster - and one incumbent - Jon Harrison. What does this election mean for the Redlands Conservancy's work? As one of our members likes to say, only time will tell. It may be a few years before we really know the new City Council.
Jon Russell Members of Washougal City Council
Charleston City Council members approved the formation of a new "tax increment financing" district downtown Monday, which would allow the city to increase property taxes in the area to fund a renovation of the Charleston Civic Center. Under state legislation passed in 2002, cities and counties can set up tax increment financing (TIF) districts when additional property tax revenues generated by new construction can be dedicated to specific projects within the district.
On Nov. 2, Redlands voters elected two new City Council members, Bob Gardner and Paul Foster, and one incumbent, Jon Harrison. What does this election mean for the Redlands Conservancy's work? As one of our members likes to say, only time will tell. It may be a few years before we really know the new City Council.
The new city attorney of Arnold may have found a way to keep his job, at least for now. Former city attorney Robert Sweeney was fired in December, amidst a firestorm on the city council. Sweeney had been the city's attorney for 17 years. Some council members felt that he was charging the city too much and cited an increase of fees from $52,000 in 2004 to $200,000 in 2009.
New South Pasadena City Council members Marina Khubesrian and Bob Joe will take their seats tonight, and Michael Cacciotti will be sworn in as mayor. The new council members, who will replace Councilman David Sifuentes and Mayor Mike Ten, will bring new perspectives to the ongoing debate about the 710 freeway extension, an initiative both oppose and outgoing Ten supported.
A. City Council members draw highest salaries and spend more on staff than most in the nation It's long been known that Los Angeles City Council members are the nation's highest-paid, but a new national study has found they also spend more on staffs and are provided with better perks than most other cities as well.
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