[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of East
Longmeadow 12-13-2022. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Compensation Review Committee shall consist of five registered
voters, and no more than two members can be current Town Councilors.
The Town Council President or a selected designee shall sit on the
committee as ex-officio.
A.
No multiple-member body of the Town shall receive compensation for
its services, except as recommended by the Town Manager and approved
by the Town Council after hearing the recommendations made by the
Compensation Review Committee. Any compensation shall be appropriated
in the budget by a majority vote of the Town Council.
B.
Every five years, starting in 2023, a Compensation Review Committee
shall be formed by the Town Council to review compensation of multiple-member
bodies. The Compensation Review Committee will be formed in January.
A final report recommending the amount of compensation, if any, to
each multiple-member body, along with a breakdown of how the compensation
will be distributed within the multiple-member body, will be submitted
to the Town Manager and president of the Town Council by April 1 of
the year in which the review committee is formed. The Compensation
Review Committee will be charged with looking at compensation paid
to similar bodies in other like-size communities, looking at the impact
the board has within the Town, and determining how much, if any, compensation
is appropriate.
C.
The Compensation Review Committee will also be charged with looking at the compensation paid to the Town Council as referred to in § 37-3.
D.
Notwithstanding the above, the Town Manager reserves the right to
review and set compensation for multiple-member bodies at any time,
as set forth in Article 3 of the Charter.
