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(A) The Mayor shall be paid an annual salary not to exceed $250,000.
(B) Division (A) above shall take effect on the first Tuesday of January, following the next municipal election in which the Mayor of Boston is elected.
(Ord. 1967 c. 3; Rev. Ord. 1961 (sup. 1971) c. 2 § 9A; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 360; Ord. 1980 c. 12; CBC 1985 2-7.11; Ord. 1986 c. 5 § 1; Ord. 1994 c.16 § 1; Ord. 1998 c. 2 § II; Ord. 2002 c. 6 § 1; Ord. 2006 c. 3 § 1; Ord. 2015 c. 9 § 1; Ord. 2018 c. 6 § 1; Ord. 2022 c. 8 § 1; Ord. 2022 c. 10 § 1, 8)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 2018 c. 6 § 9 indicates Mayor’s salary will not take effect until January of 2022.
Unless otherwise provided by law, no position shall be created, nor shall any compensation level be established, nor shall any change be made in any compensation level in any Agency which is funded in whole or in part by a Boston City Council appropriation order or by funds the expenditure of which required approval of the Boston City Council except by ordinance; nor shall the Mayor, unless authorized to do so by ordinance, appoint or incur expense to the city for more than 30 noncivil service persons connected with his or her Office as administrative assistants, secretaries, stenographers, clerks, telephone operators or messengers, no more than 12 of whom shall be administrative assistants; nor shall the compensation of any of such administrative assistants, secretaries, stenographers, clerks, telephone operators or messengers be established or changed except by ordinance. Any position in or connected with the Mayor’s Office other than that of administrative assistant, secretary, stenographer, clerk, telephone operator or messenger, existing outside of civil service law, which was filled at the pleasure of the Mayor, as provided for by this Section, or any other applicable provision of law, is hereby abolished on and after July 1, 1979; and any such position of administrative assistant, secretary, stenographer, clerk, telephone operator or messenger in excess of 30, in or connected with the Mayor’s Office is hereby abolished on and after July 1, 1979.
(Ord. 1889 c. 1; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 2 § 10; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 361; Ord. 1979 c. 12; CBC 1985 2-7.12)
Cross-reference:
Ord. ss 2-7.14
Editor’s note:
This Subsection should be read against City Council of Boston et al vs. Mayor of Boston et al 383 Mass. 716 which held the Office of the Mayor of Boston not a “Department or Agency” subject to reorganization by the City Council as an exercise of their authority.
The passage or adoption by the Boston City Council of any order, ordinance or resolution (except special municipal election orders adopted under Section 13 of Chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1974, votes relating to the internal affairs of said Boston City Council, resolutions not affecting legal rights, votes electing officials and votes confirming appointments by the Mayor) shall constitute its presentation to the Mayor for his or her approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 17D of Chapter 452 of the Acts of 1948, as amended.
(Ord. 1974 c. 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 362; CBC 1985 2-7.13)
The number of secretaries, stenographers, clerks, telephone operators and messengers connected with the Mayor’s Office who shall be exempt from the Civil Service laws, in accordance with the provisions of this Section, shall not exceed 30.
(Ord. 1979 c. 7; CBC 1985 2-7.14)
Cross-reference:
Ord. ss 2-7.12
The Mayor, from time to time as necessary to carry out and discharge the conduct of the executive or administrative business of the city or county, may appoint volunteer administrative and/or other personnel who shall receive no compensation from the city; provided, however, that such volunteer personnel may receive compensation from their private employer, if any, for the period of time during which they are providing voluntary services to the city. Said volunteer personnel shall serve in an advisory role and shall not replace any regular city employee. Said volunteer personnel shall be reviewed and renewed on an annual basis as deemed appropriate by the Mayor. No volunteer personnel shall participate in the making of any contract of the city.
(Ord. 1993 c. 13; CBC 1985 2-7.15)
(A) All City Councillors shall be paid an annual salary of $115,000 in the municipal year 2024, $120,000 in the year 2025 and $125,000 in the municipal year 2026 and years thereafter.
(B) Division (A) above shall take effect on the first Tuesday of January, following the next municipal election in which members of the Boston City Council are elected.
(Ord. 1964 c. 9; Ord. 1968 c. 13; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 2A § 1; Ord. 1974 c. 12 §§ 1, 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 450; Ord. 1980 c. 13; CBC 1985 2-8.1; Ord. 1986 c. 3 § 1; Ord. 1994 c. 15 § 1; Ord. 1998 c. 2 § III; Ord. 2002 c. 6 § 2; Ord. 2006 c. 3 § 2; Ord. 2015 c. 9 § 2; Ord. 2018 C. 6 § 2; Ord. 2022 c. 8 § 2; Ord. 2022 c. 10 § 2, 9)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 2018 c. 6 § 10 indicates City Councillors salary will not take effect until January of 2020.
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