The Prince George’s County Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a $10,000 salary boost that had been proposed as a way to offset the likely loss of the lawmakers’ controversial car allowances.
The bill rejecting the increase, which was co-sponsored by the council’s nine members, was a shift for county lawmakers, several of whom previously said the recommendation by the county’s Compensation Review Board would help bridge the pay gap between them and their counterparts in Montgomery County.
The pay raise would have taken effect after the November elections.
“We have decided not to accept the Board’s thoughtful recommendation for a one-time salary adjustment,” County Council Chair Dannielle M. Glaros (D-District 3) said in a statement.
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