(A) Establishment; composition; terms; vacancies; conflicts of interest. There is hereby established in and for the city a Local Officers Compensation Commission, which shall consist of five members, who are registered electors of the city, appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members elected and serving on Council. The terms of office shall be five years, except that of members first appointed, one each shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years. All first members shall be appointed within 30 days after the effective date of this section. Thereafter, members shall be appointed before October 1 of the year of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner in which original appointments are made. No member or employee of the legislative, judicial, or executive branch of any level of government, or member of the immediate family of such member or employee, shall be eligible to be a member of the Commission.
(Prior Code, § 286.01)
(B) Determination of salaries; rejection by Council; expense allowances. The Local Officers Compensation Commission shall determine the salaries of all locally elected officials, which determination shall be final unless Council, by resolution adopted by two-thirds of the members elected to and serving thereon, rejects such salaries. The determinations of the Commission shall be effective 30 days following their filing with the City Clerk, unless rejected by Council. In case of rejection, the existing salary shall prevail. Any expense allowance or reimbursement paid to elected officials in addition to salary shall be for expenses incurred during the course of city business and accounted for to the city.
(Prior Code, § 286.02)
(C) Meetings; quorum; Chairperson; compensation; expenses. The Local Officers Compensation Commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days in every odd-numbered year and shall make its determination within 45 calendar days of its first meeting. A majority of the members of the Commission constitute a quorum for conducting the business of the Commission. The Commission shall take no action or make determinations without a concurrence of a majority of the members appointed and serving on the Commission. The Commission shall elect a Chairperson from among its members. As used in this section, SESSION DAYS means any calendar day on which the Commission meets and a quorum is present. The members of the Commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Prior Code, § 286.03)
(D) Implementation of section; revision of compensation procedure. Council shall implement the provisions of this section by resolution. After one year following the effective date of this section, the procedure for establishing the compensation of elected officials may be changed by Charter amendment or revision.
(Prior Code, § 286.04)