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Hopkinsville council scales back 57% pay‑raise plan, approves 3% one‑time increase and advances amended salary ordinance
Summary
After hours of public comment opposing a proposed 57.14% council pay increase, Hopkinsville City Council voted to adopt a 3% one‑time pay increase and read an amended compensation ordinance (setting council pay at $15,628.88 for 2027) on first reading; second reading is scheduled for March.
Hopkinsville City Council on Feb. 17 backed away from a proposed 57.14% pay increase for elected members, approving instead a 3% one‑time raise and advancing an amended compensation ordinance to a second reading in March.
The decision followed more than two hours of public comment in which multiple residents told the council the size and timing of the raise were inappropriate amid slowing revenues and recent local business closures. Mark Graham, a Hopkinsville resident, said council departments had been asked to identify 2–5% budget cuts and that approving the larger increase now would appear “disconnected from the community’s reality.” Rose Jackson, another resident, called a…
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