North Port board considers pay raise; The city commissioners will discuss member Joseph Fink's idea at a workshop tonight.(B SECTION)

Byline: KELLY CRAMER kelly.cramer@herald-trib.com

NORTH PORT -- The one city commissioner without a pension or full-time income wants to nearly double commissioners' annual compensation, from $8,100 to $14,200.

Even then, Commissioner Joseph Fink said, he doesn't think the salary would be enough.

"It is incumbent upon the city to pay people what they're worth," Fink said. "And they get more than $675 a month out of me. Every damn month."

Fink has often complained that commissioner work is full time, requiring 40 or more hours a week.

A substitute teacher, Fink said he had to turn down a $500 a month permanent substitute job …