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Salisbury City Council Debates Pay Raise for Mayor

Don Rush

The Salisbury City Council has put off the question of increasing the salary of the Mayor.

At last night’s session council members looked at whether the salary should be increased from $25-thousand to $75-thousand a year.

It has not gone up over the last ten years.

WBOC reports that former mayor and current city council member Jim Ireton said he was against going above $40-thousand a year.

Meanwhile, council members Muir Boda and April Jackson appear to be looking at something between $50-thousand and $60-thousand a year.

Council president Jack Heath thought it should be higher.

For the moment the council decided to table the question due to the absence of council member Hardy Rudasil.

Finally, Mayor Jake Day says he is against the salary raise and told WBOC that he does intend to run for re-election in 2019.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.