ANALYSIS: Meeting Rule Changes, Manager Increase and Spending Changes Set For City Hall

Commission to consider increasing city manager compensation, change meeting rules and expand spending limits — all of which aim to consolidate power under the mayor and city manager.

In addition to considering a proposed 37-percent salary increase for City Manager Brian Barroso that would make him one of the highest-paid city managers in Florida, Key West commissioners on Wednesday are expected to debate changes to meeting rules and times as well as a proposal that would expand the city manager’s authority to approve spending withou…