Waukesha - Waukesha City Attorney Curt Meitz and Municipal Judge Joseph Cook should get a 1% raise in January and another 1% in July, the Common Council agreed Tuesday.
Meitz currently is paid $108,677 a year while Cook receives $27,279. Both are elected. Neither was covered by council action in October 2009 that boosted the mayor's pay by $3,000 a year in 2011, 2012 and 2013, ending at $79,100. So far, incumbent Mayor Jeff Scrima has donated half of his take-home pay to a charitable fund he says will be used for public causes.
Pay for all elected officials and most other city employees were frozen this year. Aldermen's pay is frozen through 2013.
The city's union employees also will get a 1% raise in January and again in July under negotiated labor agreements. Offsetting increases in health insurance premiums and deductibles apply to the employees - including the city attorney and judge.
The pay raise for judge was approved 12-3 while the attorney's increase was approved 10-5. An ordinance will be drafted for council action to implement the recommendations.
In other action, the council agreed to extend the length of time members of the public can individually speak at the start of meetings, to three minutes. Previously, they were allowed two minutes. The public comment period was left at 30 minutes.