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Council considers and moves to approve ordinance setting mayor and council pay
Summary
Ordinance 38-51 would set city council compensation at $9,000 and mayor compensation at $12,000, paid biweekly with a five-year moratorium on revisiting the amounts; a councilor moved to approve the ordinance and the measure was placed for roll call.
Staff presented ordinance 38-51, which proposes setting council-member compensation at $9,000 annually and mayoral compensation at $12,000 annually, with payments processed on the same biweekly schedule as city employees and a provision that the council not revisit the issue until April 1, 2029. The ordinance also clarifies that council members would not be eligible for deferred compensation and that reimbursement for expenses would continue.
A councilor described the increasing time commitment for council service and moved to approve the ordinance; another councilor seconded the motion. The meeting record shows a motion, a second and a roll call being requested. The transcript does not include the explicit recorded vote tally in the reviewed segments.
