HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-08CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.2026-08
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 3.08.080 SALARIES OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby ordains that Chapter
3.08.080 of the City's Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows (proposed
language is underlined, deleted language is shown with strip:
3.08.080 Salaries Of Mayor and Councilmembers
The mayor and councilmembers shall be paid salaries as determined from time to time by the
council and set by ordinance. An ordinance establishing council salaries shall be adopted before
a regular city election and shall not be effective until January 1 following such election.
Effective on January 1, 2027, the annual salary for each councilmember shall be
$7,000 and the annual salary for the mayor shall be $9,000. Effective on each
January 1 thereafter, the salaries for each councilmember and for the mayor shall
be increased by the same annual cost -of -living -adjustment percentage increase
that is given to City employees, who are not members of a collective bargaining
unit, as of January 1 of each
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective January 1,
2027.
SECTION 3. Adoption Date. This Ordinance 2026-08 was adopted on this 7a'
day of July, 2026, by a vote of _ Ayes and _Nays.
LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL
Charles Cadenhead, Mayor
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