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MEMBERS MULL COUNCIL OFFICES: Some councilors are feeling a little cramped at Cambridge City Hall and are pushing for options for office space dedicated to councilors.
Councilor Denise Simmons’ policy order asked City Manager Richard Rossi to consult the proper channels to see what options exist for office space.
"There’s no space and someone comes into talk to me it’s difficult when they want to talk privately. I’m sitting on a bench with this person and she’s telling me private things. The conference rooms are in over-demand," Simmons said.
"The job of a councilor from the 1940s is very, very different from what it is today," Simmons said. "People want to come in and talk to you."
The council unanimously supported the policy order.
Councilor Simmons is correct that "The job of a councilor from the 1940s is very, very different from what it is today." Salary is one area. The City Archivist, reports
"The City Councilors’ salaries were as follows:
1940 – 1942
total appropriation $7,500; 15 City Councilors – each received $500 per year
1943 – 1949
total appropriation $37,000; 9 City Councilors – each received $4111.11 per year"$35,000 a year aides is another. Each aide receives a salary about the entire amount paid to all nine city councilors in 1945. Now they want private offices too? Are these part time congressmen? At least Cambridge taxpayers do not pay women councilors less than men as the President does. Has Councilor Simmons investigated use of the two city hall annex buildings for her constituent meetings? Or the seven libraries, the many school buildings or senior centers? Why not bill taxpayers for a suite of rooms with refreshments at Harvard University's Double Tree, or the Charles Hotel?
http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20140430/NEWS/140439782
60 SECONDS: Cambridge City Council meeting highlights, April 28
By Marc Filippino
mfilippino (at) wickedlocal.com
Posted Apr. 30, 2014 @ 3:28 pm
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle
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