The annual salaries of appointed officials of the executive branch, other than the manager and chief engineer of the board of water supply, shall be established by an independent salary commission pursuant to the charter. Any action of the commission altering salaries shall be by resolution accompanied by findings of fact. The resolution shall be forwarded to the mayor and the council but shall take effect without their concurrence 60 calendar days after its adoption, unless rejected by a three-quarters vote of the council’s entire membership. The council may reject either the entire resolution or any portion of it. All such salaries shall be paid semimonthly out of the city treasury.
(Sec. 6-4.3, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 5, Art. 3, § 5-3.2) (Am. Ords. 88-12, 91-27, 91-59, 93-82, 97-02)