HB 1108

            
2020 SESSION

20101708D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1108


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 15.2-1414.5 and 15.2-1414.6 of 
 the Code of Virginia, relating to city council salaries.
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Patrons-- Hudson, Bourne, McQuinn and Tyler

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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That �� 15.2-1414.5 and 15.2-1414.6 of the Code of 
 Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 15.2-1414.5. Each councilman to be paid annual salary.
 
 
Each member of the council of each city shall be allowed and 
 paid out of the city levy an annual salary in equal monthly installments, or in 
 accordance with the payroll cycle of city employees, to be fixed as herein 
 provided, for his services in attending the meetings of the council and in 
 discharging the duties imposed by law upon him. Any city, 
 however, whose charter imposes no limitation on salaries, may continue to pay 
 its councilmen and mayor pursuant to such charter.
 
 
� 15.2-1414.6. Permitted salaries; salary increases; 
 reimbursement for expenses.
 
 
Subject to the exception 
 provided for in � 15.2-1414.5, the The annual 
 salary of each member of the council of any city shall be set by its members by 
 ordinance notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special. 
 The setting of such salaries by members of council shall include the salary of the 
 mayor or president of the council whether such official is a member of council 
 or not.
 
 
Cities within the following 
 population brackets shall be allowed to set salaries for mayors, which include 
 presidents of council, and council members not to exceed the following:
 
 

  


 

 
 
 

 
Population
 
 

 
Annual Salary
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
260,000 and over
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Mayor
 
 

 
$30,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Council
 
 

 
28,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
175,000 to 259,999
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Mayor
 
 

 
27,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Council
 
 

 
25,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
75,000 to 174,999
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Mayor
 
 

 
25,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Council
 
 

 
23,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
35,000 to 74,999
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Mayor
 
 

 
20,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Council
 
 

 
18,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
20,000 to 34,999
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Mayor
 
 

 
13,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Council
 
 

 
12,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
15,000 to 19,999
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Mayor
 
 

 
12,000
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Council
 
 

 
11,500
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
14,999 and under
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Mayor
 
 

 
11,500
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
Council
 
 

 
11,000
 
 
 
 
 
No increase in the salary of a member of council shall take effect 
 until July 1 after the next regularly scheduled general election of council 
 members.
 
 
Every proposed increase in the salary of a member of council 
 shall be adopted at least four months prior to the date of the next municipal 
 election except in the case of a newly created consolidated city when the 
 proposed increase shall be adopted at least two months prior to the date of its 
 first municipal election.
 
 
Any member of council shall be eligible to be reimbursed for 
 any personal expenses incurred by him for official business. However, all 
 claims for reimbursement shall be for reasonable expenses to the extent 
 permitted by law incurred in the conduct of official city business and shall be 
 itemized and documented by stamped paid receipts to the extent feasible.
 
 
In addition to salary, each member of the council of any city 
 may be compensated with such benefits as are provided city employees by the 
 city.