Niles mayor offers salary cut to save city money

NILES — Mayor Thomas Scarnecchia, in an attempt to solve a $130,000 budget deficit for this year, volunteered to cut his annual salary in half to cut $34,000 of expenses.

His offer came up at a “round table” meeting with several council members and several other city officials this afternoon.

Afterward, Scarnecchia said he offered the give-back “to set an example for the other employees because ... everybody’s got to help” reduce the deficit.

That apparently also includes James DePasquale, the current service director, who is being asked to take on the position of safety director without any increase in pay.

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