(A) Commencing January 1, 2021, the salary for the Mayor is fixed at $2,787 per year, and the salary for each Council member is fixed at $2,145 per year.
(B) Commencing January 1, 2021, the per diem amount for the Mayor and each Council member is fixed at $30 per special Council meeting, other public meetings, approved conferences, and training sessions, or required time spent on city business. No per diems will be paid for regularly scheduled Council meetings. No more than one per diem per day will be paid without Council approval. No more than ten per diems per month will be paid, except that a per diem will be paid for a properly called special meeting of the Council, which will not be included in the ten per diem limit.
(C) Commencing January 1, 2021, appointed members of any committees appointed by the City Council shall be paid a per diem of $25 for each meeting attended, and where the committee member is also a member of the City Council, the compensation will be at the current per diem rate for a Council meeting in place of the $25 committee per diem. Only one per diem payment per day will be paid, regardless of the number of meetings attended, and no more than a total of three per diems per month (for one regular meeting and two special meetings). Per diems for committee members require preapproval by the City Administrator or Mayor, and will not be paid for activity outside of a meeting quorum.
(Ord. 288, passed 10-1-2019; Ord. 288, passed 11-1-2022)
Editor’s note:
The temporary salary reductions enacted by Ord. 288, passed 11-1-2022, lapsed after 12 months, pursuant to M.S. § 415.11, subd. 3.