Overview
- The municipal plenary ratified a decree returning José Tomé a €62,555 gross annual salary, the statutory cap for a city of Monforte’s size.
- Media accounts differ on the vote tally, with El Mundo reporting 9–7 and ABC reporting 10–7 in favor.
- Local PSOE councillors backed the measure, while PP, BNG and Esperta Monforte councillors voted against it.
- The same approval raised attendance allowances for council bodies from €150 to €200 per meeting, drawing criticism for benefiting the governing group.
- Tomé and deputy mayor Gloria Prada defended the legality of the changes and emphasized Tomé’s presumption of innocence after internal complaints of alleged sexual harassment led to his departure from the provincial presidency.