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RESOLUTION ADOPTING CITY CHARTER COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROPRIATE FEE PAID TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SERVICE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND SETTING SAID FEE.
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BY COUNCILOR GARDNER:
WHEREAS, in the November 3, 2015, election, the citizens of Duluth voted to amend Chapter II, Section 5, of the Duluth City Charter concerning the fee paid to city council members for service on the city council; and
WHEREAS, Chapter II, Section 5 of the Duluth City Charter was amended to allow the Charter Commission to determine the fee paid to council members and recommend said fee to the city council for approval; and
WHEREAS, if the city council approves said fee by a two-thirds vote, the new fee will take effect the January after the next municipal election; and
WHEREAS, on November 24, 2015, the Charter commission determined that the appropriate monthly fee paid to city council members for service on the city council is $1,150.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Charter commission’s recommendation for the appropriate monthly fee paid to city council members for service on the city council is adopted and the fee is set at $1,150.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the new monthly fee will go into effect January 2018, the first January after the next municipal election.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to adopt the Charter commission’s recommendation for the fee to be paid to city council members for service on the council. The new fee will go into effect January of 2018.