Councilman urges mayor to freeze city workers' pay

A conservative city councilman called on Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson Thursday to freeze all city employees' wages for three years if her income-tax hike request on Tuesday's ballot is approved. "The city's general fund [salary cost has] increased $13.6 million in two years," Councilman Tom Waniewski, a Republican representing District 5, told the mayor via an email obtained by The Blade.