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Committee approves ordinance setting salaries for mayor, council beginning January 2026
Summary
The Committee on Council approved an amended ordinance establishing salaries for the mayor, council president and council members for terms beginning in January 2026; the committee vote was 6‑1 in favor.
An amended ordinance (24‑01684) to establish salaries for the mayor, council president and members of the City Council for terms of office beginning January 2026 was approved by the Committee on Council by a 6‑1 vote.
The item was removed from the committee’s held list after the statutorily required advertisement period was completed. Councilman Howard Shook moved the ordinance and Vice Chair Liliana Bhatiari seconded the motion. Committee members voted 6 yays, 1 nay to approve the item.
The committee record does not detail salary amounts in the discussion recorded in the excerpted transcript; the ordinance caption in the agenda identifies the item as establishing salaries for terms beginning January 2026. The committee did not record the identity of the member who voted against the measure in the excerpted record.
The ordinance will proceed according to council rules and any further steps required for implementation.
