Fort Worth, Texas, Proposition F, Mayor and City Council Salary Amendment (May 2022)
| Fort Worth Proposition F | |
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| Election date May 7, 2022 | |
| Topic Salaries of local officials and Local charter amendments | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Referral | Origin Lawmakers |
Fort Worth Proposition F was on the ballot as a referral in Fort Worth on May 7, 2022. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the city charter to increase the salary of the mayor from $29,000 per year to half of the average salary of city department heads (estimated at $99,653) and the salaries of city council members from $25,000 per year to half of the average salary of assistant department heads (estimated at $76,727). |
A "no" vote opposed amending the city charter to set the salary for the mayor at half of the average salary of city department heads (estimated at $99,653) and the salaries of city council members at half of the average salary of assistant department heads (estimated at $76,727), thereby leaving in place the existing salaries of $29,000 per year and $25,000 per year for the mayor and city council members, respectively. |
A simple majority was required for the approval of Proposition F.
Election results
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Fort Worth Proposition F |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 13,493 | 47.58% | ||
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14,866 | 52.42% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition F was as follows:
| “ | Shall Section 3 of Chapter III of the Fort Worth City Charter be amended to provide that the mayor's annual pay shall be half of the average annual base-rate salary for all City department heads and that the other city council members' annual pay shall be half of the average annual base-rate salary for all City assistant department heads starting October 1, 2022? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Background
2016 mayor and council pay charter amendment
In 2016, 65% of voters rejected Proposition 3, a charter amendment that would have increased the city council and mayor salaries to $45,000 per year and $60,000 per year, respectively.[1]
Voters last increased the compensation of the mayor and city council members in 2006, when they increased the salaries from $3,900 per year to the existing salaries of $29,000 and $25,000, respectively.[2]
On July 28, 2015, the Fort Worth City Council established the City Charter Review Task Force. The task force was formed to propose charter amendments for the 2016 ballot. It released its final report on December 1, 2015. The charter amendment increasing mayor and city council salaries that voters rejected as Proposition 3 in 2016 was one of the amendments recommended by the charter review task force.[3]
Path to the ballot
On February 8, 2022, the city council voted unanimously to put this charter amendment on the ballot.[4]
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Texas
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Texas.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Fort Worth Government, "Election History: Charter Election, May 7, 2016," accessed April 4, 2022
- ↑ Fort Worth Report, "City council, mayor ask voters for a May raise," February 8, 2022
- ↑ Fort Worth Government, "Final Report of Charter Review Task Force," December 1, 2015
- ↑ Fort Worth Government, "City Council Minutes," accessed April 2, 2022
- ↑ VoteTexas.gov, "Who, What, Where, When, How," accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Request for Voter Registration Applications,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Voter Registration,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Request for Voter Registration Applications," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Texas Constitution and Statutes, “Election Code,” accessed February 23, 2023
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, “Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks,” January 25, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Federal Judge Halts ‘Ham-Handed’ Texas Voter Purge,” February 28, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Texas Ends Review That Questioned Citizenship of Almost 100,000 Voters,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Secretary Whitley Announces Settlement In Litigation On Voter Registration List Maintenance Activity,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Texas Secretary of State, "Identification Requirements for Voting," accessed October 9, 2025 Cite error: Invalid
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