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percent cost-of-living boost that would cover non-unioh city employees and electedcity commissioners. The raisesd come as union members prepare to collect 3percengt cost-of-living increases, as required by theier contracts, on July 1. The raises wouldc apply to 1,300 full-time workers and 2,600 part-timers, costing taxpayers $3.7 according to KGW-TV. Mayor Sam Adams and Commissionerws Nick Fish and Amanda Fritz opted not to acceptthe “I don’t think of a (cost-of-livinvg increase) as a raise,” Fish “It’s an amount that allows workers to purchase the same goode and services as they did the year before.
That said, thes hard-working employees who are askec to do more with less deservwea cost-of-living increase.” Fish said he opted out because, as an electes official, he’s held more accountable than city staffers. He did not ask his own stafvf to rejectthe increase. “I’m paid at a differengt rate than most of the people who work with Fish said. “For the last couple of months, we’ve been cutting the budget and layinypeople off, and I didn’t think it was appropriate to take an Roy Kaufmann, a spokesman for Adams, said the mayor is declininvg the cost-of-living increase for the third time in the last four "It continues his tradition of not acceptintg the increase," Kaufmann said.
Commissioners Fritaz and Saltzman didn’t return calls seeking Commissioners Saltzman andRandy Leonard, each of whom made $96,23 in 2008, will accept the increases, according to KGW. Adamsa and the City Council are craftintga $375 million general fund that’ds about $9 million lighterd than last year’s budget. Some 157 positions coulc either be cut or remain unfulfilled when the Council approves the budgert inlate June.