DALLAS (AP) – Dallas city officials are asking one council member to pay back more than $8,100 of his salary because he allegedly missed too many meetings during the past year.
The Dallas Morning News reports council member Philip Kingston is accused of having 11 unexcused absences out of 81 scheduled meetings.
A City Charter provision says if a council member misses more than 10 percent of the total “regular meetings” in a compensation year, their pay is to be docked by the same percentage of meetings they missed. Kingston’s annual salary is $60,000.
Kingston is disputing the missed absences and says he’s not returning any of his salary. He calls the city’s claims “a witch-hunt.”
Dallas Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Reich says she will “reexamine the issue” at Kingston’s request.
