Section 15-4-105 - Officers and Employees; Offices; Office Hours; Salaries

15-4-105. Officers and employees; offices; office hours; salaries. (a) The mayor, commissioners and other officers as provided by ordinance shall have offices in the city hall and shall maintain regular office hours to be fixed by ordinance. The compensation of the city officers shall be paid in monthly installments not to exceed the following maximum amounts per year: (i) Mayor, seventy-two thousand dollars ($72,000.00); (ii) Commissioner, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00); (iii) City clerk, nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000.00); (iv) City attorney, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars ($19,200.00); (v) City engineer, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00); (vi) Police judge, six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). (b) The annual salaries specified in subsection (a) of this section may be fixed by ordinance at any amount less than the maximum amount specified. No salary of any elective officer may be changed during his term of office. The salary or compensation of other officers and employees, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be fixed by ordinance and payable in equal monthly installments or more often.

s term of office. The salary or compensation of other officers and employees, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be fixed by ordinance and payable in equal monthly installments or more often. (c) In cities and towns having an assessed valuation of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000.00) or less, the annual salaries shall not exceed the following: (i) Mayor, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars ($15,300.00); (ii) Commissioner, four thousand six hundred twenty dollars ($4,620.00); (iii) City clerk, four thousand three hundred dollars ($4,300.00); (iv) City attorney, three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00); (v) City engineer, four thousand three hundred dollars ($4,300.00); and (vi) Police judge, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).