(a) Effective October 1, 2001, each member of the city council, other than the mayor, shall receive as compensation for services the sum of $37,500 for each year (prorated for partial years) that the member serves on the city council. The mayor shall receive as compensation for services the sum of $60,000 for each
year (prorated for partial years) served as mayor on the city council. [Note: This version of subsection (a) is effective until the swearing in of city council members in June 2015.]
(a) Effective upon the swearing in of city council members in June 2015, each member of the city council, other than the mayor, shall receive as compensation for services the sum of $60,000 for each year (prorated for partial years) that the member serves on the city council. The mayor shall receive as compensation for services the sum of $60,000 for each year (prorated for partial years) served as mayor on the city council. [Note: This version of subsection (a) is effective upon the swearing in of city council members in June 2015 and until the swearing in as mayor of an individual who did not hold the office of mayor on November 4, 2014.]
(a) Effective upon the swearing in of city council members in June 2015, each member of the city council, other than the mayor, shall receive as compensation for services the sum of $60,000 for each year (prorated for partial years) that the member serves on the city council. Effective upon the swearing in as mayor of an individual who did not hold the office of mayor on November 4, 2014, the mayor shall receive as compensation for services the sum of $80,000 for each year (prorated for partial years) served as mayor on the city council. [Note: This version of subsection (a) is effective upon the swearing in as mayor of an individual who did not hold the office of mayor on November 4, 2014.]
(b) For purposes of this section, a “year” means a 12-consecutive-month period.
(c) The compensation provided for in Subsection (a) will be paid on a biweekly basis.
(d) In addition to receiving the compensation provided for in Subsection (a), all necessary expenses incurred by members of the city council in the performance of their duties will be paid by the city, when authorized by the city council.
(e) If any city council member, including the mayor, misses more than 10 percent of the total number of regular meetings held by the city council during any compensation year, then the city council member’s compensation provided for under Subsection (a) for that year will be reduced proportionately by the percentage of meetings missed. For purposes of this subsection, regular meetings include both those held by the full city council and those held by the standing city council committees on which a member serves. Meetings missed by a city council member while he or she is on the official business of the city council and at the direction of the city council will not be counted towards the percentage of missed meetings for which compensation reduction is required under this subsection, but will be counted as though the member had attended the meetings that are missed while so engaged in city business. (Amend. of 5-5-01, Prop. No. 1; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 8)