Res. 2257 - Council and Mayor Compensation COUNCIL BILL NO. 3292
RESOLUTION NO. 2257
A RESOLUTION SETTING COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR COMPENSATION IN THE
FORM OF A MONTHLY STIPEND
WHEREAS, the Woodburn City Charter provides that the compensation for
the services and legitimate expenses of the mayor and councilors and each city
officer and employee shall be the amount fixed by the council; and
WHEREAS, in previous years, City Councilors and the Mayor received
modest stipends for the volunteer time they devoted to serving as elected officials
for the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council voted to eliminate the former stipend program
during the economic recession; and
WHEREAS, On March 24, 2025, the Council voted to adopt ResolutionNo.
2248 to formally establish the City of Woodburn Charter Review Committee, with
one of its charges to consider whether to recommend the City Council re-adopt
a financial stipend for future elected officials; and
WHEREAS, following discussion at a joint meeting of the City Council and
Charter Review Committee, it was voted upon that the Council consider
implementing a stipend program; and
WHEREAS, stipends for elected officials at the municipal level of
government are generally nominal sums of money that are meant to reasonably
benefit or cover some of the ancillary costs incurred from serving as an elected
official, but not serve as a primary source of income; and
WHEREAS, the Council understands that a current elected official may not
vote to set their own pay (ORS 244.120) and that Oregon law requires an
intervening election so that the voters decide who is elected to receive the new
compensation; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. City Councilors and the Mayor shall be paid a Stipend as follows:
Mayor Stipend: $600/month
City Councilor: $400/month
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The Stipend payments shall be made monthly in the regular course of business
and no further order, authorization or approval for the payments shall be required.
Section 2. Implementation of the above Stipend will be effective for each
councilor and the mayor following the next subsequent election for that office
and after the member takes the oath of office, as follows:
January 2027: Mayor,
Councilor Ward 111,
Councilor Ward IV, and
Councilor Ward V.
January 2029: Councilor Ward 1,
Councilor Ward 11, and
Councilor Ward VI.
Section 3. The Stipend amount specified under Section 1 will be adjusted
automatically every year beginning January 2030, equal to the change in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the West Region for the
previous year.
Section 4. As provided in City administrative policy, council members will
continue to be reimbursed for all direct expenses incurred as a result of serving in
their elected position and consistent with the plan for reimbursing City personnel
expenses, and may also receive food, beverages, and City promotional
materials/swag consistent with the rules governing all City personnel.
Approved as to form: Lo q�zoo 5.
City Attoey Date
Approved: A X I
Frank Lonergq6/mayor ""7
Passed by the Council
Submitted to the Mayor c (-",
"N"'(MALt"i Approved by the Mayor
Filed in the Office of the Recorder 6,21,19 N1 bp,(
ATTEST: �10
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Heather Pierson, City Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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