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Moscow council adopts salary adjustment ordinance for mayor and council, effective Jan. 1, 2026
Summary
The council approved an ordinance to increase elected-officer salaries in line with a two-year CPI adjustment. The mayor's monthly salary will rise to $2,567.60 and council members’ monthly pay to $890.19, effective Jan. 1, 2026. The ordinance was passed after a roll-call vote with one dissenting vote.
The Moscow City Council adopted an ordinance to adjust the salaries of the mayor and council members effective Jan. 1, 2026, following the two-year adjustment method specified in Moscow city code.
Bill Belknap told the council that both Idaho law and Moscow city code require elected-officer compensation to be fixed by ordinance and that the city adopted a practice in 2023 to tie adjustments to a specified consumer price index. Under the proposed ordinance the mayor’s monthly salary would…
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