VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Beach City Council is no longer planning to discuss a proposed pay increase for the mayor and council members that would have given them their first raise in 20 years.

Discussion about an ordinance to increase the salaries of the Virginia Beach mayor and city council members was scheduled for the Nov. 25 council meeting at 6 p.m., but was pulled from the agenda.

Under the proposed ordinance, council members' pay would rise from $28,000 to more than $48,000; the mayor's salary would increase from $30,000 to just under $52,000.

The last time Virginia Beach approved a pay increase for these positions was in 2005, when council pay rose from $18,000 to $28,000 and the mayor's salary increased from $20,000 to $30,000.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor S

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