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Knox City Council adopts 2026 salary ordinance with a 3% employee increase
Summary
On Oct. 14 the Knox City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-0R-62026 (second reading), approving a 3% pay increase for city employees and a 1% increase for elected officials as summarized by the chair.
The Knox City Council completed the second reading and adopted the 2026 salary ordinance at its Oct. 14 meeting.
The chair summarized the ordinance’s terms from the first reading: a 3% pay increase for city employees and a 1% pay increase for elected officials.
A motion to approve the ordinance was moved and seconded and the council voiced its approval with “Aye.” The chair then announced the second reading and adoption of Ordinance 2025-0R-62026, the 2026 salary ordinance.
The transcript records the ordinance language only in summary form (the chair recapped the first reading percentages); the meeting did not include a roll-call vote or a numerical tally in the transcript. The chair indicated the council would sign the salary document after the meeting.
The council also noted routine council items including upcoming leaf pickup and scheduled the next meeting for Oct. 28.
