Polls have closed. Here are the latest results Fort Worth’s council pay raise
Fort Worth voters are supporting a proposal to raise the mayor and City Council members’ pay.
Proposition G had 53.82% voting in favor versus 46.18% voting against, according to early unofficial results from Tarrant County
If approved, it would raise the mayor’s pay from $29,000 to $60,000 and council members’ pay from $25,000 to $50,000.
District 9 council member Elizabeth Beck called the early result, “a step in opening the doors of service to by removing a major impediment to serving.”
“I want to thank the voters of Fort Worth in recognizing that the role of this positions has grown with the city and chose to compensate council accordingly,” Beck said in a text to the Star-Telegram.
This was the third time in the last decade voters have been asked to increase council pay.
Voters in 2016 soundly defeated a measure that would have raised council member pay to $45,000 and mayoral pay to $60,000. The margin was roughly 2-1 against the pay raise.
In 2022, voters were asked to raise the mayor’s pay to $99,653, and council member pay to $76,727. That measure was also defeated, but by a much smaller 52.40% to 47.60% margin.
Council members and Mayor Mattie Parker have long argued the pay raise is needed to make serving on council more accessible to the average Fort Worth resident.
They say the time commitment is much longer than a standard full-time job, and the pay should be adjusted to reflect that.
However, opponents of the measure have argued that public service shouldn’t be a money making enterprise, and cautioned against raising the pay at a time when the city’s financial future feels uncertain.
City manager Jay Chapa announced a hiring freeze in March amid a projected budget shortfall.
The city’s eight other charter measures all appear to be on their way to approval with the exception of Proposition K and Proposition M.
Proposition K would remove the requirement that public service corporations file written reports with the city. According to early unofficial results from Tarrant County 47.12% voted in favor, while 52.88% voted against.
Proposition M would remove the requirement that the city manager get city council approval to add or remove a city department. So far 44.32% voted in favor, while 55.68% voted against, according to early unofficial results from Tarrant County.
This story was originally published May 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM.
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