1 - Ivan Allen, Jr. Digital Collection - Georgia Institute of Technology

ICouncil Clears Way for RaiseBy Hk'\K EZELLOn I pair of flip-{loJXs. the Atllil1.ta City Councl1 has givenitself immediate clearance to raise its O\\:n pay and has .rejtttedan enlargement for the budget policy and evalualionsWI.In both cases. the final actions came after ~anJack SwnmeCs asked for reconsideration of the council s flThI• cti.0II.Both ~ures require tbe :.ignature of .Mayor :\laynardJack::;on 10 becOme la ....The S"lriich on pay fabes for elected officials came afterradio and tele\ision reporters had bit. the Monday rneetmg, acircumstal'lC! "him brought indignant protests from oppo--"""'. "This is tile my kind of action whidl causes the peopleor Atlanta to lose faith In their public officIal!," contendedCOUncilman Buddy Fowlkes."In fact, some of IlS ma~' be overpaid" at the present$8,800 salary Fowlkes added.The salary proposa1 WO'...:ld remove from the City CharterHOW THEY VOTEDFORCharles Helms, James Howard, James Bond, :\lorrisFinely, Nick Lambros. Ira Jackson, Panke Bradley, Q. V.Williamson, Jack Summers.AGAINSTJohn Calhoun. George Cotsakis. Richard Guthman,Arthur Langford Jr., Hugh Pierce, Gregory Grigg!, Mar·-.vm Arrington, Buddy Fowlkes.•8 provision which prohibits elected officials (rom raising theirpay during their current term of office. The measure does notactually raise the present pay of the councilmen. counCilpresident or mayOI'.Summers said he changed his mind because "r wasWlder the impression to begin \\itb that it was a salary in·crease."'Ihe proposal finally ~sed on a H vote. reversing the8-9 rejection made two hours earlier .Councilman Q. V. Williamson said he would \'ote againstactual pay raiseS. but "this is a maller of holL