Chapter 2.60
COMPENSATION FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS*
Sections:
2.60.020 Cost of living adjustment.
* Prior legislation: Ord. 1524 as amended by 1527.
2.60.010 Compensation.*
City council members shall receive $500.00 for each two-week pay period, provided there shall be 26 pay periods per year. City council members will be paid in accordance with the regular payroll schedule for other city employees. (Ord. 009-23 §§ 1, 2; Ord. 040-17 § 1; Ord. 020-13 § 1; Ord. 020-05 § 1; Ord. 1593 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1533 § 1, 1991).
* Code reviser’s note: Ord. 009-23 § 4 provides: “The salary modifications set out herein shall commence on January 1, 2024 as to council positions 1, 4, 5 and At Large, and on January 1, 2026 as to council positions 2, 3 and 6.”
2.60.020 Cost of living adjustment.
During each year of a city council member’s term, the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CPI-U June to June index will be tracked. The cumulative total of the CPI effect on the council member’s salary will be applied at the beginning of next term of office for the position; provided, that each annual CPI included in the cumulative total shall not be less than zero percent or more than four percent. (Ord. 009-23 § 3).
2.60.030 Nonattendance.
(1) No single council member may be excused for more than four meetings per calendar year (not to include illness and job conflict nonattendance). Acceptable excuses shall be:
(a) Vacation;
(b) Bereavement;
(c) Unusual or unforeseen circumstances such as serious illness in the family, accident, or transportation carrier delay.
(2) In the event a council member misses four or more consecutive meetings, the council shall appoint a committee of three council members to meet with the subject council member to discuss that member’s ability to perform the duties of that office and then return a recommendation to the whole council as to the continued retention of that member in the council. (Ord. 040-17 § 2; Ord. 035-08 § 1; Ord. 1593 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1533 § 1, 1991).
2.60.040 Other compensation.
(1) Reimbursement for meals shall be allowed if the mutually agreed time of meeting is during a meal time.
(2) Reimbursement for mileage shall be made if the meeting is outside the city limits. This would apply to attendance at an approved convention or investigative trip. (Ord. 1873 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1593 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1533 § 1, 1991).