Should Aurora Give Its Mayor and City Council a Major Pay Boost? Voters Could Weigh In.

Aurora City Council votes 3-7 not to ask voters for pay increase

The Aurora City Council voted 3-7 on Monday not to ask voters to increase their salaries. Prior to the vote, Denver7 dug into the issue to find out why some believe the change is needed.

Should Aurora give its mayor and City Council a major pay boost? Voters could weigh in.

Elected leaders in Aurora are set to decide Monday whether to ask voters for a substantial boost in pay — the City Council’s first request for higher compensation in nearly eight years. If voters approved the raises in November, pay for council members and the mayor would jump far more than it did in 2018, when the last change took effect. Mayor Mike Coffman’s salary, now about $98,500, would rise by 52% to more than $150,000 annually. Most coun…

City council: Should higher pay mean fewer politicians?

As an independent task force mulls hiking the pay of local politicians “significantly” to reflect the tasks and hours associated with the role, one member asked: should there be fewer of them, too?