{"id":51634,"date":"2023-05-02T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=51634"},"modified":"2023-05-02T06:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:26:09","slug":"public-hearing-set-for-local-law-raising-city-council-mayors-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/public-hearing-set-for-local-law-raising-city-council-mayors-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Hearing Set for Local Law Raising City Council, Mayor’s Salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A public hearing on the local law that increases Jamestown City Council<\/strong> members and the Mayor’s salary will take place this afternoon.<\/p>\n

The hearing will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall.<\/p>\n

The local law changes the City Charter<\/strong> to raise Council members’ salaries from $5,000 to $7,000. The City Council President’s salary will rise from $6,000 to $8,000. The mayor’s salary will rise from $72,000 to $82,000.<\/p>\n

The local laws can be viewed in its final form at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall and on the city\u2019s website at www.jamestownny.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A public hearing on the local law that increases Jamestown City Council members and the Mayor’s salary will take place this afternoon. The hearing will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall. The local law changes the City Charter to raise Council members’ salaries from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":11161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[8010,1122],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/jamestownseal-feature.png?fit=332%2C190&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-dqO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51511,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-council-approves-first-salary-raises-in-decades-for-council-mayor\/","url_meta":{"origin":51634,"position":0},"title":"City Council Approves First Salary Raises in Decades for Council, Mayor","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"April 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamestown City Council has approved the first salary increases in several decades for City Council members and the mayor. 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