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2019 COUNCIL MEMBER SALARY SCHEDULE
WHEREAS,the Charter of the City of Bremerton establishes the Bremerton Citizens'
Commission on Council Salaries("Commission")pursuant to RCW 35.21.015; and
WHEREAS,the Commission is authorized to fix the salaries of the City Council Members after
studying the relationship of the salaries to the duties of the City Council members; and;
WHEREAS,the Commission conducted a salary and benefits survey of Council Members in
twenty Washington State cities which showed that the average salary of all twenty cities is $1,181.57 for
Council Members and the average of the nine comparable cities that the City uses for labor negotiations is
$1,160.13 and;
WHEREAS,the survey showed that the average stipend for Council President's is$183.02 for of
all twenty cities and$167.33 is the average for the nine comparable cities that are used for labor
negotiations; and;
WHEREAS,the Commission determined that Council Members should earn at least 90 times the
State minimum wage; and;
WHEREAS,the Commission held public hearings on July 8,2019 and July 15, 2019 regarding
the proposed 2019 salary schedule;
NOW THEREFORE,Pursuant to the Bremerton City Charter,Article II, Section 8 and RCW
35.21.015,the Bremerton Citizen's Commission on Council Salaries hereby establishes the following
salary schedule for the Bremerton City Council:
(1) 2019 COUNCIL MEMBER SALARY SCHEDULE. Effective thirty days after this
salary schedule is filed with the City Clerk and for the balance of 2019, each Council
Member shall receive a salary of$1,150.00 per month. Effective January 1, 2020,
Council Members shall receive a salary of$1,215.00.
(2) 2019 COUNCIL PRESIDENT STIPEND. Effective thirty days after this salary
schedule is filed with the City Clerk, The Council President shall receive a stipend of
$200.00 per month during his or her appointed term as President.
(3) SEVERABILITY. If any one or more sections, subsections,or sentences of this
Schedule are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Schedule and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE. This Schedule shall take effect and be in force thirty(30)days
from the date of its filing with the City Clerk and shall remain in effect until such time as the Commission
establishes a new salary schedule pursuant to the City Charter.
DATED: July 15,2019.
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Veborah B. McDaniel, Chairperson
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FILED this (10 day of July 2019
Angela oods, City Clerk
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Rot-r A. Lubovi orney
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