Mayor of Santo Domingo has received a wage increase from RD$170,000 to RD$265,000, or a 55% increase. At the same time, 37 councilors from the city government and other high-ranking city officers received increases ranging from 30 to 55%. Other increases were ordered for city government officers of Santo Domingo North municipality, as reported in El Caribe.
City councilor Waldys Taveras explained that there has not been a real wage increase. He said that what was being paid as diet is now allotted as a wage. He explained that per diem perk had been used so that the officers could pay less in income tax and social security, but now things are more transparent. He said that per diem is now only assigned when there is travel outside the city or the country.
Alcalde y regidores del Distrito Nacional se aumentan sus salarios