ORDINANCE NO. 1931
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SALISBURY TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF SALISBURY.
WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Salisbury (§SC2-3 and §SC3-3) provides that a Salary Review Committee is to be appointed by the Mayor to review the salaries of the Mayor and Council members and salary recommendations shall be considered by the City Council and adopted by Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Salary Review Committee is to make a written recommendation by the February 1st prior to the next election and any salary increases are to be effective after the current terms expire; and
WHEREAS, the Salary Review Committee has submitted its report and has recommended that the salary for the Mayor shall be $25,000 per year, the Council President shall be $12,000 per year, and the Council members shall be $10,000 per year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considers it appropriate to phase in the recommended salary increase of the Mayor over a three-year period in $5,000 increments.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SALISBURY, as follows:
1. The Mayor shall receive an annual salary of $15,000 effective July 1, 2005 – One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars per month ($1,250.00).
2. The Mayor shall receive an annual salary of $20,000 effective July 1, 2006 – One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Sixty-Six Cents per month ($1,666.66).
3. The Mayor shall receive an annual salary of $25,000 effective July 1, 2007 – Two Thousand Eighty-Three Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents per month ($2,083.33).
4. The President of the Council shall receive an annual salary of $12,000 effective July 1, 2007 – One Thousand Dollars per month ($1,000.00).
5. The other Council members shall receive an annual salary of $10,000 effective
July 1, 2007 – Eight Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents per month ($833.33).
THIS ORDINANCE shall take effect upon its final passage.
THIS ORDINANCE was introduced and read at a meeting of the Council of the City of Salisbury held on the ____ day of March, 2005, and thereafter, a statement of the substance of the ordinance having been published as required by law, in the meantime, was finally passed by the Council on the ______ day of March, 2005.
ATTEST:
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Brenda J. Colegrove, City Clerk Michael P. Dunn,
President of the Council of the
City of Salisbury
Approved by me, this _____________
day of ____________________, 2005
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Barrie P. Tilghman,
Mayor of the City of Salisbury