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Springdale debates and amends elected‑official pay ordinance, removes insurance benefit
Summary
At a first reading Oct. 1, 2025, Springdale City Council considered Ordinance 42‑20‑25 to set future salaries for the mayor, council president and council members and to tie annual cost‑of‑living adjustments to state trustee percentage increases; the council voted 7‑0 to strike Section 8 (authorization for health insurance benefits) from the ordinance and will return the amended ordinance for a subsequent reading.
Springdale City Council held a first reading and amendment vote Oct. 1 on an ordinance that would set compensation for elected officials beginning Dec. 1, 2027, and automatically apply annual cost‑of‑living adjustments tied to the percentage increases used for township trustees under Ohio law.
Mister Jacobs read Ordinance 42‑20‑25, a finance committee item that would set the mayor's annual salary at $25,000 and members of council at $9,975 (the council president at $10,575), effective Dec. 1, 2027. The ordinance includes a provision to increase those amounts automatically each Jan. 1 by the same percentage applied to township trustees in Ohio Revised Code Section…
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