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Coleman rejects raise for self, 400 others
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
By Robert Vitale
Mayor Michael B. Coleman and hundreds of the city’s top-paid employees won’t be getting a raise in 2009. The mayor’s office said yesterday that Coleman will forgo any increase in his $152,000 salary next year and will freeze pay as well for about 400 other Columbus employees who help run departments under his control.
The move is a small savings compared with what’s likely to come Friday when the mayor submits his 2009 spending plan to City Council members.
Coleman must cut spending or increase fees to fill an $80 million gap between next year’s projected income and what it would cost to maintain current services. The pay freeze announced yesterday affects less than 5 percent of city workers and will save about $500,000.
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