Another pay hike proposal for La Crosse mayor

Current salary is $77,000, proposal is for $80,000

Two city council members have crafted a proposal that would try, again, to raise the La Crosse mayor’s pay. 

This time the increase would be to just under $80,000 from the current $77,000 and change. 

Just a couple of months ago, the council overwhelmingly voted for an increase in the mayor’s pay to $85,000. 

Mayor Tim Kabat vetoed that measure, reasoning, among other things, that the increase was just too much.  Just like the previous proposal, this increase would go into effect only after the next election for mayor in 2017.