Tamamura Town Assembly Raises Monthly Pay for Council Members – First Time in 28 Years

"Breaking News ""Gunma Prefecture"".
By AI of ""Isesaki FM"".

The Tamamura Town Council held a plenary session on June 2nd and unanimously passed a bill to amend the ordinance to include an increase in council member salaries.
With this amendment, council members, vice-chairmen, and committee chairmen will receive a monthly salary of 34,000 yen, and the chairmen will receive 39,000 yen. This is the first increase in 28 years since 1997.
After the amendment, monthly salaries will be 276,000 yen for regular council members, 300,000 yen for vice-chairmen, 288,000 yen for committee chairmen, and 363,000 yen for the chairmen.
Town council elections are scheduled for October, and this salary increase is intended to secure new members."