Topeka mayor, council cut own pay as virus ravages budget
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April 23, 2020
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka's mayor and city council members have voted unanimously to cut their own pay by 6% as they seek ways to deal with plummeting city tax revenues in the wake of measures to slow the COVID-19 outbreak.
The City Council had been considering a measure that would have temporarily reduced their salaries by 3%, but voted instead Tuesday to double that cut, the Capital-Journal reported. The deeper cut came at the suggestion of Councilman Tony Emerson, who noted that City Manager Brent Trout had already voluntarily accepted a 6% pay cut.
Trout has also cut the salaries o...
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