Santa Fe city judge asking for 18 percent pay raise

From the Santa Fe New Mexican.com - Santa Fe Municipal Judge Ann Yalman wants a raise. Yalman appeared before the city Finance Committee on Monday night to ask for an 18 percent salary bump for the person who will hold the municipal judge post after the next election. Since Yalman, 63, was the only candidate to turn in signatures last week to put her name on the March 6 ballot, it's likely that person will be she. But the city Finance Committee voted against the increase, and the proposal is headed to the full City Council with no recommendation from the councilors that monitor the city's purse strings. Yalman said Monday that once someone is elected to a term, the council can't change the pay scale. The window to make that change is now, she said. She proposed that the city hike the pay for judge from the current $85,000 annual salary to $101,000, payable from the city's general fund. Read more

Santa Fe city judge asking for 18 percent pay raise