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Mayor’s salary committee sets parameters and asks HR director to gather comparable pay data
Summary
The committee agreed on five parameters for comparing mayor pay — comparator cities, historical raises and vehicle/phone/miscellaneous allowances — and asked HR director Kelsey Meriwether to collect comparable salaries and historical records ahead of a follow‑up meeting the week of Feb. 9; a motion to proceed was made and seconded by consensus.
Speaker 1 called the January meeting of the mayor’s salary committee to order and said the committee’s business was to review the mayor’s salary, which is reviewed every four years and receives annual step increases similar to other city employees.
Kelsey Meriwether, the city’s HR director, told the committee the mayor received a 2% increase last fiscal year and another 2% is projected for FY26–27. She said retirement contributions, health, dental and vision follow the same rates as general employees, that the take‑home vehicle is treated as a taxable benefit based on vehicle value, and that there is no separate bonus structure for the mayor.
Committee members discussed whether the committee should propose an additional one‑time increase on top of scheduled annual…
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