Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will veto the $20,000 raise that the Boston City Council voted to give itself earlier this month.

The Dorchester Reporter first reported that a source close to Walsh said he would not approve the considerable raise. Melina Schuler, a spokesperson for the city of Boston, confirmed Walsh’s intentions to Boston.com on Friday.

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If the vote were upheld, City Councillors would be compensated with an annual salary of $107,500. Instead, they will have to make do with $87,500 a year, a salary Councillor Tito Jackson said was a “subscription to poverty.’’

The upcoming veto shouldn’t be a surprise, as Walsh said earlier this month that he wouldn’t support the raise.

“In its current form, I don’t find this proposal acceptable and I won’t support it. I look forward to receiving and assessing whatever final proposal the council puts forth,” said Walsh.


The raise was scheduled to go into effect beginning in 2016.