ARLINGTON — The city recently came one step closer to giving citizens more input into the salaries of their elected officials, as the City Council reviewed a draft ordinance to create a Citizen Salary Review Commission.

During their Jan. 12 workshop, human resources and communications director Kristin Banfield reminded the council that they had requested last fall that city staff research and provide a draft on the creation of such a commission, which would periodically review the salaries of Arlington elected officials.

Banfield reported the ordinance has been drafted by the city attorney to be consistent with state law.

Debora Nelson said that she and fellow council member Chris Raezer had met with Mayor Barbara Tolbert to go over the proposed law “with a fine-tooth comb,” an assessment with which Raezer agreed.

“We wanted to make sure that the commission was as hands-off from us on the council as possible,” Raezer said. “We are not recruiting them, and they will have no influence from us. That way, the process is as open and fair as possible.”

Because this was a workshop, no action was taken. The next council meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m.