ML council adopts budget over pay raise objections

Resident’s opposition to $50 increase in montly council pay stirs discussion on member duties, time

The Medical Lake City Council adopted its 2016 budget at their final meeting in 2015 on Dec. 15, but not before a little rearranging of their agenda.

The council voted to move consideration of the second reading of the city’s ordinance setting the salaries and compensation for city employees and appointed officers for 2016 from the end of the meeting to the beginning after hearing from former council member Lahnie Henderson. Henderson read a letter during the citizen’s comment portion of the meeting voicing her and husband Aubrey’s opposition to a proposed pay increase for council members from...

 

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