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Gig Harbor council approves 2025 pay increases for mayor and councilmembers; chair re-elected
Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Gig Harbor City Council unanimously re-elected its chair, approved minutes from April 24, 2024 and voted to raise the mayor—s monthly salary to $2,300 and councilmembers— to $800 amid discussion of COLA, benefits and a structural budget gap.
Gig Harbor City Council on Jan. 28 unanimously approved salary increases for the mayor and councilmembers and re-elected the council chair.
The council voted to raise the mayor—s monthly pay to $2,300 from the prior level discussed in the record as $2,220; councilmembers— pay was raised to $800 per month from a prior figure discussed in the record as $775. The votes on both salary changes were unanimous.
The salary decisions were the principal substantive item on the agenda. Chair Larry (last name not specified in the transcript) opened discussion noting last year—s mayoral increase had tracked the city employee cost-of-living adjustment. Josh (staff member) said, "The non represented employees got 3.6% earlier in the year," and that the police contract and other nonrepresented groups had similar adjustments. Councilmember Matt Munker said,…
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