South Milwaukee alderpersons would see a $50 monthly pay raise spread over the next three years under an ordinance change under consideration.
Common council members are currently paid a base salary of $525 per month, with the council president making $575. They also receive $100 per month for expenses.
Under the ordinance passed 7-1 (with one alderperson abstaining) at the Aug. 19 meeting …
- The base salary and stipend would be combined into one salary figure.
- Starting April 1, 2015, that salary would be $655 per month ($705 for the council president).
- One year later, it would move to $665 per month ($715 for the council president).
- Then, in 2017, it would increase to $675 per month ($725 for the council president).
So it’s a $50 increase spread over three years.
This is the first increase in council pay since 2009. Before that, the last increase was in 2001.
And while I would have likely voted against it as an alderman — I’m not convinced this is the right time for a pay raise — it’s a reasonable compromise from what was first proposed at our July meeting.
The aldermanic raise still needs final passage before it becomes law. It got its first reading and passage at the Aug. 12 council meeting. It will be discussed again at Tuesday’s council meeting before potentially getting its second and third readings.
(By the way, mayoral pay is $925 per month, and the expense allowance is $125.)
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