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Council hears proposal to raise mayor’s salary to about $57,000 for next term
Summary
City staff presented a recommendation to increase the mayor’s salary from $47,500 to roughly $57,000, based on a League of Municipalities canvass of peer cities; any change would take effect after the next election and cannot alter current officeholders’ pay.
City staff presented a recommendation at the Enterprise City Council work session to raise the mayor’s salary to approximately $57,000, up from the current $47,500.
Jonathan said the recommendation came after the city reviewed a League of Municipalities canvass and direct calls to nearby municipalities including Troy, Ozark and Dothan. He told the council that Enterprise’s mayoral pay has not changed since February 2008 and sits in the bottom quartile compared with peer cities. "When you look at our proximity with places like Ozark and Troy... their mayors were making about $7,000 to $10,000 more than the mayor of the City Of Enterprise," Jonathan said.
Jonathan recommended increasing the mayor’s pay by about $10,000 while leaving council pay and benefits unchanged. He noted Enterprise already provides healthcare benefits to council members, a practice less common among peer cities. Staff reminded the council of a statutory timing rule: a body cannot change the compensation of an incumbent mayor (or council member) less than six months before the next term; any approved change would take effect after the next election.
No formal action was taken in the work session; Jonathan said the matter had been introduced previously and would return for further consideration at the appropriate meeting if the council chooses to pursue it.
Ending: The council did not vote on pay changes in the work session. Staff said that if the council delays action, another four years would pass before the council could change compensation for that term.
