§ 2-30. Salaries; county commissioners and county chairman.  


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  • (a)

    Effective January 1, 1997, the salary paid to each county commissioner shall be $56,083.00.

    (b)

    Effective January 1, 1997, the salary paid to the county chairman shall be $112,500.00.

    (c)

    Thereafter, the salaries of the county commissioners and county chairman shall be increased or decreased each fiscal year by the same percentage as the percentage increase or decrease in the CPI during the previous fiscal year. "CPI" means the "Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items" issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the United States Department of Labor (1982-84=100). If the CPI is converted to a different standard reference base or otherwise revised, the increases or decreases shall be made with the use of such conversion formula as may then be published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    (d)

    Notwithstanding subsection (c), the salaries for the county chairman and the county commissioners shall not be increased in any fiscal year by more than the percentage increase in wages and salaries, if any, granted by the board of county commissioners to county employees generally for that fiscal year, and neither the county commissioners' salaries nor the county chairman's salary shall be decreased during their respective terms of office to any amount less than their respective salaries at the start of their respective terms.

(Ord. No. 96-40, § 3, 12-17-96)