Ordinance Committee sends mayor raise to council

Havre City Council’s Ordinance Committee sent to the full council a proposal to give the mayor of Havre a raise, and also discussed adding to city ordinance that it is illegal to feed deer in the city.

Council member Terry Lilletvedt brought a proposal to the committee, which met Tuesday following the meeting of the full city council, to give the mayor a raise from $22,000 a year to $30,000 a year.

Lilletvedt said the last time the mayor got a raise was in 2006, and it was time for another.

She added that her proposal had nothing to do with the performance of the sitting mayor, just that the j...