Chapter 2.05
CITY COUNCIL

Sections:

2.05.010    Salaries.

2.05.010 Salaries.

(1) Salary Levels Established. Effective January 1, 2020, each councilmember shall be paid a monthly salary equal to the sum of $1,167 per month plus cost of living adjustments applied on January 1, 2018; January 1, 2019; and January 1, 2020. Each such cost of living adjustment shall be calculated by using an average of the preceding four-year CPIU, for the period June to June, for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton (Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue beginning with January 1, 2019) areas as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (“COLA”). Effective January 1, 2020, the mayor shall be paid a monthly salary equal to $1,304 plus COLAs calculated in the same manner as calculated for councilmembers under this subsection.

(2) Annual Salary Adjustments. Effective January 1, 2021, and on each succeeding January 1st thereafter, all councilmembers and the mayor shall receive a COLA adjustment to their salaries in an amount as calculated for a COLA in subsection (1) of this section. (Ord. O2017-449 §§ 2, 3; Ord. O99-16 § 1)