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Riverton council directs staff to tie elected pay to staff cost-of-living adjustments, pauses council raises for one year
Summary
Council discussed code language that currently pegs elected-official pay to a human-resources grade and directed staff to prepare code changes to instead align future adjustments with employee COLA; the council signaled it will hold council pay steady for the coming year while allowing an adjustment to the mayor's salary this year.
Riverton 'At a March 25 work session, the Riverton City Council reviewed a staff proposal to change how elected-official pay is adjusted and directed staff to bring a code amendment for approval. Staff proposed removing a provision that pegs elected compensation to a specific human-resources grade (grade 20) and instead to treat elected officials like other city employees for annual cost-of-living adjustments set during the budget process.
The change would prevent a one-time benchmark update from producing a large automatic increase and make elected-official adjustments mirror the annual employee merit/cola process. Assistant/City staff member Kevin…
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