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City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Finance & Governance Committee <br />FROM: Laurel Humphrey, Legislative Analyst <br />DATE: August 1, 2022 <br />SUBJECT: City Council Compensation <br />ISSUE <br />Staff is seeking Council direction on Councilmember compensation for the years 2023 and <br />beyond. <br />BACKGROUND <br />City Council compensation is adopted by ordinance and codified at Tukwila Municipal Code <br />2.05, which currently expires at the end of 2023. The Washington State Constitution prohibits <br />any salary increase or decrease during the term of office for officials who set their own salary, <br />so the earliest compensation could be adjusted for any City Council position is 2024. <br />TMC 2.05 provides that if "at any time the Tukwila City Council compensation rate of increase <br />falls significantly below the cost -of -living increase," it will be re-evaluated and possibly <br />adjusted. The current compensation of $1250 per month for all positions has been in place <br />since 2014. The inflation rate per the Seattle -Tacoma -Bellevue CPI -U has increased $31.91 in <br />that time (June to June). <br />Council Compensation since 2002 <br />15 <br />Positions <br />1,3,5,7 <br />Positions <br />2,4,6 <br />2002 <br />900 <br />665 <br />2003 <br />950 <br />685 <br />2004 <br />1000 <br />1000 <br />2005 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2006 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2007 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2008 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2009 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2010 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2011 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2012 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2013 <br />1050 <br />1050 <br />2014 <br />1250 <br />1050 <br />2015 <br />1250 <br />1050 <br />2016 <br />1250 <br />1250 <br />2017 <br />1250 <br />1250 <br />15 <br />