Under the proposal, councilmember salaries would jump from $60,000 to $125,000 and $145,000 for the mayor. Most councilmembers who weighed in pointed out that the elected position is essentially a full-time job.
Dallas mayor requests audit of police overtime budget
Dallas mayor requests audit of police overtime budget
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is calling for an audit of how the Dallas Police Department is using its overtime money.
DALLAS - Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has called for an audit of how the Dallas Police Department uses its overtime money.
The call for the audit comes two months after the Dallas City Council passed a budget, cutting $7 million from police overtime.
The mayor wasn t available Monday to talk about the audit. But if you remember, Johnson didn t want to cut any dollars from the police overtime budget but rather proposed defunding the bureaucracy by cutting salaries of top-paid city employees by close to the $7 million that was taken from police overtime.