Oro Valley 议会 7 比 0 通过议员加薪：市长年薪定为 21,863.70 美元，同时通过公共露营禁令
位于亚利桑那州 Pima 县的 Oro Valley 镇议会 10 月 21 日晚以 7 比 0 全票通过薪酬调整：镇议员年薪上调至 17,260.81 美元，市长年薪上调至 21,863.70 美元，并将今后的薪酬调整与镇政府员工的统一加薪幅度挂钩。此前摆在议会面前的方案曾提出把市长年薪由 12,740 美元提高到 37,000 美元、议员年薪由 10,058 美元提高到 31,000 美元，接近原水平的三倍，最终通过的涨幅低于该方案。
提出动议的副市长 Melanie Barrett 表示，最终数字是按 2006 年决议口径补算的结果，即议会薪酬本应与员工的生活成本调整同步，决议同时取消了车辆津贴。Barrett 将于 11 月 4 日就任市长；当晚也是市长 Joseph C. Winfield 及议员 Josh Nicolson、Joyce Jones-Ivey 的最后一次例行会议，三人均投了赞成票。
同一晚，议会还以 7 比 0 通过第 (O)26-13 号条例，禁止在镇属公共财产以及冲沟和易涝区域露营：在公共场所搭帐篷、铺设寝具睡觉、存放物品、生火、做饭或住在停放的车辆内均属违规，违者构成一级轻罪，执法人员在逮捕前应先给予当事人合理的迁移机会。条例同时收紧了行人在交通中间带停留的规定。（GSM 据 Tucson Daily Brief 报道）
Oro Valley Council Votes 7-0 to Raise Its Own Pay: Mayor's Salary Set at $21,863.70, Public Camping Ban Adopted
The town council of Oro Valley, in Pima County, Arizona, voted 7-0 on the evening of October 21 to raise council members' annual pay to $17,260.81 and the mayor's salary to $21,863.70, and to tie future pay to the across-the-board raises town staff receive. An earlier proposal before the council would have raised the mayor's pay from $12,740 to $37,000 and council pay from $10,058 to $31,000, nearly tripling both; the increase ultimately adopted was below that proposal.
Vice Mayor Melanie Barrett, who made the motion, said the figures reflect what the council would have earned had its pay kept pace with staff cost-of-living adjustments under a 2006 resolution, and the resolution also removed a car allowance. Barrett takes office as mayor on November 4; the meeting was the last regular meeting for Mayor Joseph C. Winfield and council members Josh Nicolson and Joyce Jones-Ivey, all of whom voted for the increase.
The same evening, the council also voted 7-0 to adopt Ordinance (O)26-13, banning camping on town property and in washes and flood-prone areas. Pitching tents, laying down bedding to sleep, storing belongings, starting fires, cooking, or living in a parked vehicle on public property are violations, punishable as a class 1 misdemeanor, and officers should first give people a reasonable chance to relocate before an arrest. The ordinance also tightens the rules on pedestrians remaining in traffic medians. (GSM, based on Tucson Daily Brief reporting)
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图片来源：从 Oro Valley 远眺 Pusch Ridge，Danman083 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0（Wikimedia Commons） / Pusch Ridge viewed from Oro Valley, by Danman083, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
