Calgary city council imposes salary freeze on itself

Calgary city council members have voted to freeze their salaries next year.

The move follows a decision made earlier Wednesday to limit pay raises for its management-exempt employees or those 2,100 inside and outside city workers who are not managers or in a union to 1.8 per cent next year.

Their salaries have not yet been negotiated.

Earlier, council members had rejected the idea of freezing salaries for the 2,100 employees because offears the movecould hurt the city's ability to retain or attract employees.

Both decisions come as part of city council's ongoing 2014 budget debate.

The proposed budget is callingfor a 6.1 per cent increase in property taxes.

CBC city hall reporter Scott Dippelwasin council chambers tweeting the budget developments. Follow along in the box below: