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Compensation of Mayor, Alderpersons, and City Manager
For the purpose of adjusting the compensation and allowances to be paid to the Mayor, Aldermen and Alderwomen for the term of office commencing on the first Monday in December 2025; and for adjusting the compensation to be paid to the City Manager.
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City Council of the
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 13-25
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to: Finance Committee, Rules and City Government Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Compensation of Mayor, Alderpersons, and City Manager
FOR the purpose of adjusting the compensation and allowances to be paid to the Mayor, Aldermen and Alderwomen for the term of office commencing on the first Monday in December 2025; and for adjusting the compensation to be paid to the City Manager.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2025 Edition: 3.08.030.
WHEREAS, On December 9, 2024, under Article II, Section 401(b)(1) of the Annapolis City Charter and Council Resolutions 50-24 and 56-24, the City Council created the 2025 Salary Review Commission ("Commission").
WHEREAS, The Commission was charged with reviewing the compensation and allowances paid to the Mayor, City Council and the City Manager
WHEREAS, The Charter directs the Commission to submit its recommendations to the City Council -- "...not later than nine months before the date of the next general municipal election" -- and since the next general election is scheduled for November 4, 2025, the Commission's report was submitted to the Council on February 4, 2025.
WHEREAS, The Commission's findings are as follows:
1. The Commission reviewed current compensation levels for the Mayor, Alderpersons and City Manager and agreed unanimously that they are inadequate and should be increased;
2. The Commission found that the current levels of compensation for the Mayor, Alderpersons and the City Manager are, in many case...
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