City clerk, treasurer defend 20.5% pay hikes

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed city budget includes pay hikes for City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin and City Clerk Ana M. Valencia.Sun-Times files Risking a preelection backlash, City Clerk Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin said Friday they will accept the 20.5% pay raises — to $161,016 — that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2023 budget includes for the city clerk and city treasurer.Seventeen of Chicago’s 50 City Council members have declined a 9.62% pay raise tied to the inflation rate that would boost the maximum annual salary for a Chicago alderperson to $142,772...