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CLEARWATER — For the first time in two decades, the City Council has voted to increase the salaries for the elected officials of Tampa Bay’s third largest city, an effort to attract more diversity to an office that has largely been held by retirees or the independently wealthy with flexibility to do the job for low pay. Beginning with the next election on March 19, council members would be ...
Beginning with the next election on March 19, council members would be paid $45,000 and the mayor $49,000, a raise of 63% and 48% respectively.
CLEARWATER — A long-planned overhaul of one of the city’s main east-west arteries will go forward without a proposed trial run despite a late request from several City Council members.
Three council members, along with business leaders, question whether previous studies were accurate.
City leaders and Pride event organizers promise a welcoming environment. However, they said they're having to navigate the month with new laws.