Officials wary of upping salaries with uncertain economic outlookWednesday, January 30, 2008
By RYAN DEZEMBER, Staff Reporter
ORANGE BEACH -- Whoever comes into office after this summer's municipal elections, they'll more than likely be on the same pay scale as their predecessors.
A majority of elected officials on Monday said they were against raising the pay for the next administration. Though they will have to vote next week on an ordinance spelling out the next group's pay, they said they will leave salaries as they were set in early 2004 and only, at City Attorney Wanda Cochran's request, tweak verbiage in the law.
In 2004, annual salaries were set at $25,000 for the mayor, $15,000 for the mayor pro tem, and $10,000 for the remaining four City Council members. Also included in that ordinance was a provision that gave elected officials a 5 percent cost of living raise each October.
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