Mayor, City Council Salaries Will Remain Unchanged For 2020
Compensation for Mayor Maureen Donker and City Council members will officially remain unchanged for 2020. The council ultimately took no action on the recent Local Officers Compensation Commission’s recommendations, which means those recommendations will go into effect.
The commission, a small body charged with examining the pay of local public officials, recommended that the salaries continue at their current levels. The current salary for a councilman is $4,200 annually, and the Mayor of Midland receives $6,400 per year.
“The commission accepts the philosophy that the purpose of compensation here is not to enrich members of the council at civic expense nor induce anyone to run for the council for monetary motives, but to cover incidental, out of pocket costs of such service and to provide some reimbursement for time taken away from family and business,” a portion of the commission’s recommendation reads.
The 30-day period for the council to act on the commission’s recommendation expired on Dec. 11.
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