* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: Compensation Commission for Elected Officials
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
Title
Elected Official - Salaries
FOR the purpose of setting the annual salaries of certain elected officials; providing that these salaries do not apply to incumbents; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the salaries of the elected officials of Baltimore City.
Body
BY authority of
Article VII - Executive Departments
Sections 117 through 125
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That:
(a) The annual base salaries of the elected officials of the City are as follows:
(1) Mayor of Baltimore City $148,000.
(2) Comptroller $ 98,000.
(3) President of the City Council $ 98,000.
(4) Vice-President of the City Council $ 63,000.
(5) Members of the City Council $ 57,000.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, for the second year of their respective terms, beginning in December 2008, and for each subsequent year during their terms of office, the elected officials specified in subsection (a) of this section are entitled to receive an annual salary increase equal to 2.5% of their respective salaries.
(2) In no event, however, is any increase authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection for or during any term year unless members of at least 1 of the following employee groups, AFSCME, CUB, FOP, IAFF, and MAPS, are receiving an increase in compensation during the fiscal year that began the preceding July.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, pursuant to Article III, § 35 of the State Constitution, this Ordinance does not apply to the elected officials in office on the effective date of this Ordinance. Rather, the salaries provided for in this Ordinance take effect at the start of the next term of office: December 4, 2007, for the Mayor and the Comptroller; December 6, 2007, for the President and Members of the City Council; and on the date of assuming office, for the Vice-President.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Resolution takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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