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.,, Minutes - City of San Leandro City Council and Page - 15 - San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Meeting - August 18, 1997 it should never be lowered for any reason. This is not a civil service job; it is an elected position. When someone runs for Mayor, they need to know what the salary will be when they run. She said San Leandro's history has shown that to serve as Mayor of San Leandro is a very distinctive honor and all of San Leandro's Mayors, without exception, have served with distinction and honor and have been the subject of local, State, and national recognition. She believes our current Mayor is as effective as those Mayors have been. She continued by stating she is unequivocally in favor of removing the whole "incremental step" policy. She would suggest the current Mayor be taken to the level of salary which was in effect when Dave Karp passed away, which would put her at close to the top step. She stated that the Council does not elect the Mayor - the Mayor is elected by the people of San Leandro. If the people of San Leandro don't think the Mayor is doing a good job, the people can remove the Mayor. Her suggestion would be that the salary of the Mayor be set at what it was when Dave Karp passed away and that, hence forth, the salary never ever be lowered. Whoever runs for office should always know what the salary is when they run. Council Member Glaze agreed with Council Member Young, adding that he feels this issue has come full circle. Council Member Polvorosa asked when the Mayor actually submitted her request. He also questioned if she submitted it in accordance with the "step increase" process. He added that the people of San Leandro did not elect the Mayor to be a full-time position; she has created that by her own doing. He stated he does not feel she should be compensated in that manner. He continued by commenting that the Policy Committee asked for a "cooling-off" period, and now this is before the Council again. He commented that he would like to listen to the tapes before voting on anything. He was against the "step process" in the beginning, and he feels the Mayor was already compensated adequately when the Council acted on both the Mayor's and Council's salary in June. He concluded by stating he cannot vote for an increase in the Mayor's salary at this time. Council Member Glaze noted the Mayor had responded to the guidelines as set forth in the Policy. It was the Committee's decision not to base it on the step percentage increase. He added that the tapes of the Policy Committee Meetings have been available. He further stated that he is tired of hearing the debate about whether the Mayor's position is full time or part time. Given that the Mayor works approximately 70-80 hours per week, perhaps the City should pay overtime. He concluded by stating that he feels it is still part-time pay for a full-time job. Vice Mayor Loeffler thanked the Policy Committee for their hard work. He thanked Council Member Young for putting things in perspective. He said he would like to see this issue put to rest.