Mayor Regina Romero and the Tucson City Council on Thursday inched a little bit closer to getting big pay raises, an updated vote count shows.
Pima County updated their unofficial results just after noon Thursday.
There were no changes to race outcomes.
The updated vote tally showed approval of Proposition 413 is now a bit less, but still passing.
When early results first were released Tuesday night, Tucson voters were just barely in favor of the raises, by a margin of only 557 votes.
Updated results Thursday showed the margin narrowed by 120 votes, shrinking the winning margin by a total of 437 votes. The updated results show 50.25% of Tucson voters favored of the pay increase while 49.75% opposed it. The latest total: 43,573 yes votes; and 43,136 no votes.
On Wednesday night, the Pima County Recorder’s Office said some 19,000 ballots still needed to be counted. The job was expected to be complete by Thursday night, the office said.
Proposition 413 would give the mayor and council the highest pay raise to date. It gives the mayor and council members a nearly 130% and 220% boost, respectively.
In 1999, Tucson’s mayor was given a salary of $42,000, while council members’ pay was set at $24,000. The salaries lag Tucson’s median household income of $48,058, according to U.S. Census data.
The salaries also lag begin the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
While Tucson is the second-largest municipality in the state, the wages for Tucson’s mayor and council lag behind the five largest cities in state, according to the City of Tucson.
For council members here, a 40-hour work week would divvy their pay out to $11.54 per hour, $2.31 less than the current minimum wage.
