The municipal councilors of Pazardzhik postponed the reduction of their salaries

The municipal councilors in Pazardzhik postponed the reduction of your monthly feesas the proposal must be subject to a public debate before it can be voted on. It provided for councilors to receive 20 percent of the salary of the speaker of the local parliament, rather than the current 45 percent.

The proposal to reduce the salaries of municipal councilors was made by Nikolay Pandezov from the “Development for Pazardzhik” group in the Municipal Council. The topic was raised after two months ago the Municipal Council increased the salary of the mayor Petar Kulinski to BGN 4,900. This automatically increased the remuneration of the chairman of the local parliament, who according to the regulations receives 90 percent of the mayor’s salary. The chairman of the petitioner group for the reduction of municipal fees, Angel Vassilev.

For now, it is not clear whether the item in question will again be on the agenda of the next municipal meeting in May.

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