a. 1. The Mayor shall be paid an annual salary.
2. The Council shall be paid an annual salary.
b. Increases in compensation shall be approved by ordinance and shall not become effective until the commencement date of the next general election.
c. The Mayor and members of Council may receive payment for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties when supported by official expense vouchers.
d. Payment for personal vehicle travel shall be computed at the current tax rate, per mile.
(S.C. Code § 5-7-170) (Prior Code, § 2.105) (Ord. 2009-5, passed 11-2-2009)
Editor’s note:
Compensation includes anything of value provided at public expense for performing official duties.
Retirement benefits, insurance benefits, vehicles, and the like, which are not reimbursement of actual expenses incurred while performing official duties should also be included in the ordinance setting salaries. Salary setting is a legislative matter the Council must address by ordinance.
(UPTOWN, May, 1997, page 6.)