INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said in a statement on Tuesday that he would veto a compensation-related proposal if it includes a measure that would increase his compensation as the city’s mayor.
This statement was in reference to a proposal by the Indianapolis City-County Council referred to the council’s administration and finance committee on Aug. 12. The proposal was first brought forward by Councilor Vop Osili, the council’s president and District 12 representative.
According to a draft of the proposal, the compensation for Hogsett, as the city’s mayor, would increase from $95,000 to $125,000 next year. This proposal would also increase the salaries for other county employees, including:
- County assessor from $65,278 to $92,000
- County auditor from $70,833 to $92,000
- County Clerk from $70,833 to $92,000
- County Coroner
- from $35,649 to $92,000 (full time licensed physician)
- $61,333.33 (full time not licensed to practice as a physician)
- $46,000 (part time licensed physician)
- $23,000 (part time not licensed to practice as a physician)
- County recorder from $65,278 to $92,000
- County surveyor from $53,488 to $92,000
- County treasurer from $70,833 to $92,000
In the statement, Hogsett said that when he first ran for mayor in 2015, he was “well aware of the salary of the position.”
“My consistent position remains that I will never accept a pay raise as Mayor. Contrary to recent reporting, I have always been, and remain, assiduously against any pay raise for myself,” Hogsett said in the statement. “I want to make it abundantly clear: if a proposal for salary increases for other elected officials reaches my desk with a pay raise for the Office of the Mayor included in that proposal, I will veto it.”
The administration and finance committee is expected to meet for a budget hearing at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Indianapolis City-County Council’s website.
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