Salaries of officers and employees of the Municipality shall
be in such amount as the Governing Body shall fix by ordinance; Provided,
that after the Governing Body has adopted a wage and salary schedule
with appropriate employee classifications and wage ranges for each
classification, by ordinance, such ordinance shall be sufficient for
all changes in salary for Municipal employees included thereunder
without further ordinances being passed, approved, and published.
All salaries shall be on file at the office of the Municipal Clerk
and available for public inspection at any reasonable time. (Ref.
16-310 RS Neb.)
The emoluments of any elected official shall not be increased
or diminished during the term of office for which he was elected,
except that elected officials who are elected to the Council or other
body having more than one member and terms of one or more members
commence and end at different times, the compensation of all members
of that body may be increased or diminished at the beginning of the
full term of any member thereof. No person who shall have resigned
or vacated any elective office shall be again eligible to hold the
office during the term he was elected to if after resignation the
emoluments have been increased. (Ref. 16-326 RS Neb.)
[Amended by Ord. No. 917, 1-19-1993; Ord. No. 1040, 12-5-2000; Ord. No.
1138, 8-19-2008; Ord. No. 1183, 11-20-2012]
1. The salary of the Mayor shall be established at $1,750 per month,
and each City Council member shall receive $615 per month.
2. The Mayor, City Council members, Clerk and Treasurer shall be reimbursed
for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising out of and in the course
of performing City business. Said reimbursements shall be paid by
the City upon presentation to the City of an expense voucher, to be
supplied by the City, substantiating the items and purpose of the
out-of-pocket expenses.
3. In addition to the salary received by the Mayor and City Council
members, the Mayor shall receive $250 per month as normal expenses.
4. The increase in salary for the Mayor provided in this article shall
be effective at the commencement of the Mayoral term beginning on
or about December 4, 2012. The increase in salary shall terminate
and the Mayoral salary shall revert to $1,250 per month, at the end
of the Mayoral term on December 6, 2016.