Label
Salary Review & Recommendation Commission
Title
Creating a seven-member commission to be known as the "Salary Review and Recommendation Commission," as provided for in Sections 31 and 67 of the Charter, to review Council and Mayoral salaries; and declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
On November 7, 2000 the electors amended the Toledo City Charter to establish a new method for setting the salaries of the Mayor and members of Council. This ordinance creates the seven-member commission required by Charter Sections 31 and 67. This commission will review salaries for the Mayor and Council and then make any recommendations for changes to Council by April 1, 2021.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That a seven-member commission to review and make recommendations on the salaries of the Mayor and Members of Council is established pursuant to Sections 31 and 67 of the City Charter. This commission will make a recommendation to the Council in the manner provided in the Charter. The following organizations shall each designate one Toledo resident to serve on the commission:
Greater Northwest Ohio AFL-CIO
Lucas County Democratic Party
Lucas County Republican Party
NAACP
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
University of Toledo
Additionally, one (1) at-large City resident will serve on the commission.
The members of the Commission shall serve until they have made their recommendations as provided in Charter Sections 31 and 67.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance hereby is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its adoption. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this commission must make their recommendation to City Council by April 1, 2025.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: January 14, 2025, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: January 14, 2025
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor