Risking a preelection backlash, City Clerk Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin said Friday they will accept the 20.5% pay raises — to $161,016 — that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2023 budget includes for the city clerk and city treasurer.
Risking a preelection backlash, City Clerk Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin said Friday they will accept the 20.5% pay raises — to $161,016 — that Mayor50 City Council members have declined a 9.62% pay raise tied to the inflation rate that would boost the maximum annual salary for a Chicago alderperson to $142,772.
During that same period, the maximum aldermanic salary has risen from $95,000 to $142,000, the treasurer said. "I love the work. I do the work like all of you. And I felt … whatever [everyone] felt was fair and equitable, I was going to agree to. … I was told that it would be capped at a 5% COLA and it would not kick in until 2024, and I know that state statute says that this would not take effect until May. So, whether it’s me and I’m lucky enough to be the city clerk or the next clerk, it would be a fair adjustment.
Reilly further noted that, although Lightfoot raised the pay for the clerk and treasurer, she froze her own annual salary at $216,210, where it has remained since 2005. "It makes even more sense now. I was saying something in my head prior. But the way you just broke it down, it clearly makes sense. … I can go to my residents and I can defend that."
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As Chicago city clerk and treasurer defend raises topping 20%, discussions of equity and inflation eruptCity Clerk Anna Valencia and Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin stand to see their salaries increase from $133,545 to $161,016 under Mayor Lightfoot’s proposed 2023 budget. During Friday’s budget hearings, both officials said they would accept that raise.
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