(A) The elected and appointed officials and other employees of the village shall receive such compensation as the Board of Trustees shall designate by ordinance; and the annual salary of the Chairperson and other members of the Board of Trustees shall be fixed by ordinance.
(Neb. RS 17-209)
(B) No officer shall receive any pay or perquisites from the village other than his or her salary. The Board of Trustees shall not pay or appropriate any money or other valuable thing to any person not an officer for the performance of any act, service, or duty, the doing or performance of which shall come within the proper scope of the duties of any officer of the village.
(Neb. RS 17-611)
(C) The emoluments of any elective officer shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he or she shall have been elected, except when there has been a combination and merger of offices, except that when there are officers elected to the Board of Trustees, or a board or commission having more than one member and the terms of one or more members commence and end at different times, the compensation of all members may be increased or diminished at the beginning of the full term of any member thereof. No person who shall have resigned or vacated any office shall be eligible to the same during the time for which he or she was elected if during the same time the emoluments thereof were increased.
(Neb. RS 17-612)
Statutory reference:
Compensation for merged offices, Neb. RS 17-209.02