HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956 Amending City Code Section 110.120 Regarding Elected Officials' Compensation BILL NO. 2023-065 ORDINANCE NO. / 9.C/
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 110.120 REGARDING ELECTED
OFFICIALS' COMPENSATION
WHEREAS,the Missouri Constitution prohibits increases in compensation during the term
of an elected official, Mo. Const. art. VII, § 13 ("The compensation of state,county and municipal
officers shall not be increased during the term of office; nor shall the term of any officer be
extended."); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen does not desire to establish mid-term compensation
increases,but instead desires to establish compensation increases coinciding with the beginning of
the elected official's respective term.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FOR THE
CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, as follows:
Section 1. That Section 110.120, of the City Code, entitled "Salary of Officers and
Employees," is hereby amended to read as follows (additional language is underlined; language
to be deleted contains a strikethret ):
1. The non-elected officers and employees of the City shall receive such salary as may be
determined by ordinance by the majority of the members elected to the Board of Aldermen.
The pay for the Mayor shall he two hu drea twenty five dollars ($22c nm ting with
Effective with the Mayoral term starting April 2024, the pay for the Mayor shall be one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00)per month.
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Effective with the Aldermen terms starting April, 2024 and April, 2025, respectively, the
pay for members of the Board of Aldermen shall be six hundred and sixty-seven dollars
($667.00)per month.
Section 2. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage.
BILL NO. 2023-065 ORDINANCE NO. ?Sl
BE IT REMEMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, PASSED AND
APPROVED by a majority of the Board of Aldermen and APPROVED by the Mayor of the City
of Riverside this 7 day of 2023.
Mayor Kathleen L. Rose
ATTE$T:
Robin Kincaid;: ity'Clerk