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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

UNBELIEVABLE: Chicago alderpersons face preelection dilemma whether to accept a 9 62 pay raise - Caught on Camera

The pay for Chicago City Council members is set to increase 9.62% on Jan. 1. The raise will boost the top pay for alderpersons to $142,772 a year. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

City Council members are facing a political dilemma that could impact their reelection chances: a Sept. 2 deadline to decide whether to accept a 9.62% pay raise that will boost their annual salaries to $142,772.

In 2006, the City Council approved a pay raise tied to the inflation rate and members gave themselves political cover by passing the big-box minimum wage ordinance on the same day.

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