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Campbell officials keep health benefits
TweetCouncil is considering adding a fee onto water bills for street lights.
CAMPBELL — City council defeated a piece of legislation that would have eliminated health benefits for elected officials.
The legislation, sponsored by Mayor George Krinos, was defeated 4-1 at Wednesday’s council meeting. Councilman Bryan Tedesco voted in favor of it.
It was the second time Krinos had tried to pass the legislation. He has said the city could afford to give its employees 40-cents-per-hour raises out of the money saved, which would be about $69,000.
Council defeated the legislation in December. Some members said it contained more than one subject, which was against the city’s charter.
Krinos rewrote the legislation.
Councilwoman Juanita Rich said before the vote that she believed the legislation was a “personal vendetta against council, and I will vote accordingly.”
The legislation could not have taken effect while the officials were in the middle of their current terms, according to state law.
Council President William Vansuch said he voted against it because “two years from now [until it could take effect] is a long time.”
He also said Struthers has legislation he likes because it gives officials a choice. That legislation, passed in December, allows officials to remain on the city’s plan if the premium payment on any other plan available to them is more than 35 percent higher than the city’s premium.
In other business, council voted unanimously to pass to second reading an amendment to a gun-sales ban in the city. The amendment would allow private sales, but bans retail shops from selling guns.
Council also said it plans to have a public meeting about adding a fee onto water bills for street lights.
The fee would be between $2.25 and $3, Vansuch said, and the money can be used only for street lights.
Tedesco said the city is having trouble affording street lights, which account for $120,000 out of the city’s general fund. The meeting will likely be Feb. 22, they said.
Comments
The Mayor wants to give employees a raise but he also wants to pass a fee onto its residence to pay for street lights. How can you give raises out if you can't afford to have street lights?
Heres an idea why don't the Mayor get rid of his political hack hires to pay for the street lights.
Mayor; nice article in yesterday's paper. You really changed the city's image. Keep up the good work!!
As long as city council and the mayor continue to battle each other, the city will not move forward. It will be interesting to see if adding more fees to the water bill will be acceptable to the citizens. We will have to wait for the public meeting to find out. And yes, yesterday's article didn't look good for the city.
When you are an elected official, your private life is no longer private. It is unfair, but that is the way it is. From small town government to Washington D.C.
If you were at the council meeting the Mayor is not part of the street lights, he is against raising any taxes or services.
This is all done by council, all the Mayor was doing was trying to find out if the citizens would allow this to pass by asking around.
Also you might think that the article yesterday made the city look bad but you would be surprised at the amount of support the Mayor is receiving by sticking to his believes on this.
the people will not pass anything anytime soon. they r losing their homes. they can not enjoy their neighborhoods, and their cars r getting beat up with the wonderful pot holes !! no raises, no more fees !! get on the stick boys and girls !!
Thank you cmhs68. Finally someone with some sense wrote a post. Anyone who attends a city meeting or spends the time to actually talk to the mayor instead of bashing him would see instantly that he has worked harder in his 2 months in office than the previous mayor worked in 10 years. He is doing a fine job and has some excellent ideas to bring Campbell out of the depression that it has been in for quite some time. I have total confidence in him. If you have a problem with him, his door is wide open and can be reached at any time. Stop the bashing and actually do something constructive. Great Job Mayor. We support you!
i was talking about the council. i love the mayor. he is in it for the right reasons !!