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Falls Church council debates raising mayor, council pay to state cap after population threshold change
Summary
At a Falls Church City Council work session, council members discussed an ordinance that would raise annual pay for the mayor to $22,000 and for councilmembers to $21,000 effective July 1, 2026, aligning pay caps with state limits that apply when a locality’s population exceeds 15,000.
At a Falls Church City Council work session, council members discussed an ordinance that would raise annual pay for the mayor to $22,000 and for councilmembers to $21,000 effective July 1, 2026, aligning pay caps with state limits that apply when a locality’s population exceeds 15,000.
City counsel briefed the council that state code establishes statutory salary caps tied to population bands and that the city crossed the 15,000 threshold in 2024, which opens the option to set higher salaries under state law. The draft before council was to set the higher salaries effective July 1, 2026; staff said benefits…
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