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Forest Park council directs staff to advertise proposed 50% increase in mayor and council compensation
Summary
After executive-session discussion, the council voted to direct staff to run the public advertisement required to consider a 50% pay increase for the mayor and council; the vote initiates a public-notice step and any change would take effect after requisite public processes and (if approved) the next effective date specified in law.
The Forest Park mayor and council voted to direct city staff to advertise a proposed 50% increase to mayor and council compensation, beginning the public-notice process required before any final action on official salaries.
The motion, made after executive-session matters, instructed staff to publish the required advertisements announcing the proposed compensation adjustment. The council clarified that advertising is the procedural step to allow public comment and that any approved increase would not take effect until the applicable effective date (the council noted it would apply after the next election cycle, consistent with local rules discussed during the meeting).
Council members asked procedural questions about timing and effective dates; staff responded that the advertisement is a notification step and the substantive decision would follow public input and any required ordinance or ordinance amendment. The motion to run the advertisements passed on a recorded vote.
