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 Gainesville
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article II. CITY COMMISSION

§ 2-66. Salaries.  

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  • (a)

    On June 1, 2000, the then current salary of the mayor and each member of the city commission shall be increased by 1½ percent. Commencing on October 1, 2000, the mayor shall receive the annual salary of $35,868.00. Commencing on October 1, 2000, each other member of the city commission shall receive the annual salary of $28,182.00. Except as provided in (c) below on October 1, 2001, the then current annual salary shall be adjusted by the August 2000 to August 2001 percent change in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (1982-84 = 100) all urban consumers, Southern region, All Items (CPI). Each fiscal year thereafter the salary shall be similarly adjusted, utilizing the following August to August change. Effective the first payroll period after March 1, 2002, the then current salaries of the mayor and city commissioners shall be reduced by 13.14 percent, which reduced salary shall thereafter be subject to adjustment as provided for herein.

    (b)

    The salaries shall be paid on a biweekly pay cycle from the general fund of the city in equal amounts for each biweekly period of service, except for the first and last payment that shall be made on a prorata basis. Such salary shall be calculated from the date the commissioner or mayor respectively, takes office and shall continue until the mayor or commissioner no longer holds such office.

    (c)

    If employees in the city's professional pay plan do not receive a general increase in any particular fiscal year, then the salaries of the mayor and city commissioners shall not be increased that fiscal year. If payment of a general increase for employees in the city's professional pay plan is delayed in any fiscal year, then the mayor and city commissioners CPI adjustment shall be treated similarly.

(Code 1960, § 2-7.1; Ord. No. 3257, § 1, 9-22-86; Ord. No. 3584, § 1, 12-18-89; Ord. No. 961118, § 1, 7-14-97; Ord. No. 991293, § 1, 5-15-00; Ord. No. 002300, § 1, 2-25-02)