HUBBARD City council on Tuesday approved pay increases for elected officials to begin in 2022.
Hubbard Mayor Ben Kyle said there has been discussion on making changes to the elected and nonelected positions slowly, noting this past year the community faced the coronavirus pandemic that caused economic hardships with job losses.
“This was a systematic approach to slowly adjust the salaries of these positions while having as least an impact on the budget as possible,” Kyle said.
Effective in 2022, city council members will see a $150-per-month increase, bringing their pay to $6,600 per year, and council president to $6,900 per year.
Other elected positions that will see an increase are the auditor by $500 per year to $50,000 in 2022, $50,500 in 2023, $51,000 in 2024 and $51,500 in 2025. The treasurer will see an increase of $100 per year to $10,000 in 2022, $10,100 in 2023, $10,200 in 2024 and $10,300 in 2025.