Council adopts 6% pay increase for mayor and council, effective Jan. 1, 2025

Assistant City Manager Linca Avorka presented an administrative ordinance to implement a 6% pay increase for council members and the mayor consistent with the council’s May directive and the adopted 2024–26 biennial budget. The ordinance would take effect Jan. 1, 2025, raising monthly council pay to $1,453 and the mayor’s monthly salary to $3,179.

Avorka explained the municipal code calls for a biannual review of council compensation using staff salary increases and the consumer price index as guidance; staff reported CPI increases and a prior staff salary adjustment as the basis for the 6% adjustment. After brief council discussion there was a motion, second and unanimous roll call vote to adopt the ordinance.

The ordinance was recorded in the minutes as adopted; staff noted the adjustment had already been incorporated into the biennial budget.