Each member of the Council shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars ($5,000) a year, provided that the member selected to serve as Mayor shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000) per year, which salary shall be payable in equal monthly installations, and shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with some bonding company regularly accredited to do business in the state of Ohio, or at least two freeholders resident of Scioto County, Ohio as sureties thereof, and the premium of such bond shall be paid by the City. Council members and the President of Council/Mayor shall be entitled to participate in any City sponsored health insurance plan provided each member pay 100% of the cost of the coverage provided. The salary for members of Council and President of Council/Mayor shall increase by the average of the percentage increase provided and the department heads of the City’s two largest departments, the Fire Department and Police Department, whenever such may occur.
(Amended 11-5-13.)