Section 18.  

   Each member of the Council except the President shall receive a salary of twenty-seven thousand eight hundred seventeen dollars and twenty-four cents ($27,817.24) a year, and the President shall receive a salary of twenty-eight thousand one hundred seventeen dollars and twenty-four cents ($28,117.24) a year, payable in equal bi-weekly installments. The salary of the council members and President of Council may be amended from time to time by ordinance, such ordinance being passed prior to the beginning of the term of the Council and Council President to be affected thereby.

   The salary of Mayor shall be set by ordinance of Council; the Mayor must be the highest paid elected official, i.e., higher than the City's share of the Municipal Judges and Clerk of Courts salaries. The Mayor's salary shall be payable in equal bi-weekly installments. Such ordinance shall be passed prior to the beginning of the term of the Mayor to be affected thereby. The salary for the Finance Director and the Law Director shall be set by Ordinance of City Council.

(Amended November 8, 2016; November 3, 2020)