Saipan mayor weighs in on government salary-cap bill
SAIPAN – There are flaws in a bill that would expand the salary ceiling exemption for certain professionals hired by the government, Saipan Mayor David Apatang said in his written comment regarding House Bill 21-21.
“The requirement for a certification to authorize exceeding the salary cap, as set forth in the proposed amendment to 1 CMC §8248(b), as it applies to the governor, might be inconsistent with 1CMC §8131, which lists positions and employees that are exempted from the civil service system,” the mayor said in his letter to Senate Standing Committee on Fiscal Affairs Chairman Sen. Jude U. Hofschneider.
The bill has been passed by the House of Representatives and is pending in the Senate.
Apatang said 1 CMC §8131 (a) (9) exempts employees of mayor’s offices from the civil service system.
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