LAKE Macquarie City councillors voted to give themselves a pay rise at a council meeting on Monday but said they should not be in charge of determining their pay rises.
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The councillors and mayor will receive a 2.5 per cent pay increase in July.
In comparison, Newcastle City councillors voted against a pay rise in May.
They decided to channel the money saved into a Wallsend town centre project.
On Monday, Lake Macquarie councillors also voted to write to Premier Mike Baird and Local Government Minister Paul Toole to request that any rise in their wages be determined independently.
As it stands, the Local Government Remuneration Tribunal reviews councillors wages each year and determines an appropriate pay rise, which councillors are then asked to vote on.
