Aldermen to Review Mayor Dolan's Proposed Pay Raise
The Melrose Appropriations Committee passed a motion on Mayor Rob Dolan's request for a 26 percent raise during their meeting Monday night at City Hall. The Board of Aldermen will review the order on Monday, Feb. 4.
Updated at 3 p.m. Tuesday: The Melrose Appropriations Committee passed a motion on Mayor Rob Dolan's request for a 26 percent pay raise during their meeting Monday night at City Hall. If approved by the aldermen at their meeting on Monday, Feb. 4, Dolan, who currently earns a salary of $99,896, will see his annual pay increase to $125,000 starting in January 2014. After hearing from nearly two dozen Melrosians—nearly all of whom supported Dolan's proposed pay raise—and then deliberating the merits of the proposal, the committee passed the motion 8-3. Committee Chairman Donald Conn, Jr. and members Jaclyn Bird and Monica Medeiros opposed Dolan's proposal. In a Dec. 26 letter to the Melrose Board of Aldermen, Dolan requested a pay increase …
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Myron Dittmer
5:55 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
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