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Commission amends pay ordinance to raise mayor, commissioner salaries; amendment passes 5-2
Summary
The Dothan City Commission voted 5-2 to amend Ordinance 2025-34 to set the mayor's salary at $75,474 and each associate commissioner's salary at $37,737, with future cost-of-living adjustments tied to city employee increases. The transcript does not record a final roll-call adoption of the ordinance as amended.
The Dothan City Commission on Tuesday amended Ordinance 2025-34, which proposes adjustments to the mayor's and associate commissioners' compensation, setting the mayor's pay at $75,474 and each commissioner's pay at $37,737 and providing that future increases will follow the same cost-of-living adjustments given to city employees.
The change was proposed during debate about whether the city's elected officials' pay should be more comparable to Houston County. Commissioner Dorsey moved the amendment, citing county figures discussed in the meeting; the city clerk read Houston County's rates into the record as $92,469 for the county chairman and $39,771 for each county commissioner. The amendment passed by voice vote with a recorded count of five in favor and two opposed.
Why it matters: The ordinance (No. 2025-34) amends…
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