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An edition of the East Valley Tribune
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Mesa City Council giving itself a raise
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This Week
BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
NEWS ............................ 8 Mesa Public Schools changing sex ed.
SPORTS ............... 24 Mountain View and Red Mountain swimmers impress.
GETOUT .............. 26 Mesa rodeo queen ready for Gilbert Days. COMMUNITY ............................... 17 BUSINESS ..................................... 20 OPINION .. ..................................... 22 SPORTS ........................................ 24 GET OUT ...................................... 26 CLASSIFIED ................................. 33 Zone
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t’s not just a tough job interview process, it’s a ferocious one. Rather than convincing a manager or two you’re the top candidate, for this job you have to convince thousands. But, once you’re selected, the job is tough to beat: Mesa City Council members are paid more than $40,000 per year for what they admit is a part-time job.
Mesa redistricting going before City Council Monday
The only requirements are to show up at meetings held twice per month. No clock punching required. On top of that, they can give themselves a raise: Though they already make far more than most of their counterparts in other cities, Mesa City Council will vote Monday night on another salary increase. Months after giving 3 percent raises to all city workers, from garbage collectors to the city manager, the $1,200 they are considering for themselves would boost their part-time
Big moment
job salaries to $41,782. That’s nearly double the salaries that slightly larger Tucson pays its council members. Though Mesa salaries are 34 percent lower than the $61,599 that Phoenix City Council members make, Phoenix is more than three times the size of Mesa. If Mesa Council members were paid comparatively, they would earn about $21,000 per year. This, apparently, was not considered by the
see COUNCIL SALARY page 4
BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
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f you live in southeast Mesa, parts of northwest and even central Mesa, get ready for the easiest move of your life. You won’t have to lift a finger. A commission has done all the “heavy lifting,” which involved processing data from the U.S. Census, figuring out how to redistribute people in Mesa’s six voting districts, presenting drafts of a new map at public meetings and finally selling a finished product to City Council. On Monday, City Council will consider “Approving the recommendations of the city of Mesa Redistricting Commission concern-
see REDISTRICTING page 12
State and local dignitaries showed up last week for a press conference at a Gateway Airport hangar to welcome Gulfstream, one of the world's leading private and business jet manufacturers, as the company unveiled plans to open a repair facility in Mesa. For the story, see page 4. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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