The Kingsford Heights Town Council passed a set of salary ordinances and approved pay adjustments at its Dec. 29 meeting.

On title-only third reading, the council adopted Ordinance 2025‑12 (salary ordinance for town council members) by voice vote. The council then adopted Ordinance 2025‑13 (salary ordinance for the clerk/treasurer) following a title-only third reading. Both ordinances were carried by voice vote with all eligible members voting in favor.

Debate centered on Ordinance 2025‑014 (salary ordinance for town employees), which sets pay ranges and authorizes raises. Councilors discussed using a 2.5% increase (initially referenced as tied to a Social Security COLA), a 2.8% number tied to reported Social Security increases, and a 3% raise that several members supported. After deliberation, the council voted to increase hourly personnel pay by 3% effective on the first payroll of January, or to the top of an employee's pay range if that would be reached earlier; the motion passed with four ayes and one nay. The deputy clerk/treasurer (whose salary sits at or near the top of her range) was treated as an exception and will not receive the 3% adjustment beyond the top of range.

Separately, the council set fixed annual salary amounts for the town marshal and first deputy marshal as provided in the ordinance ranges; those items passed on a recorded voice vote.

Councilors noted the salary ordinance remains amendable and that individual raises may be revisited later in the fiscal year as needed.

The salary ordinances now become town policy; effective dates for the hourly raises were set for the first payroll in January.