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 Duluth
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article II. MAYOR AND COUNCIL

  § 2-27. Compensation.  

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  • The city council hereby ordains compensation for the mayor and city council for performing their official duties shall be as follows:

    (1)

    The mayor shall receive compensation in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per month plus one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per meeting attended for each official city meeting, not to exceed two (2) meetings per month.

    (2)

    Members of the city council shall receive compensation in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month plus one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per meeting attended for each official city meeting, not to exceed two (2) meetings per month.

    (3)

    The mayor and members of the city council shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses actually and necessarily incurred by the mayor or members of the city council in carrying out their official duties.

    The mayor or any member of the council may decline to accept the per meeting compensation. The mayor and each council member shall file a written statement with the city clerk at the first organizational meeting of their term of office and elect whether to accept or decline the per meeting compensation. The election of the mayor and each council member shall be binding on that person for their term of office.

    The term "official city meeting" as used in this section shall mean any regularly scheduled or called meeting of the city council at which a quorum is present and any official meeting or training session of the Georgia Municipal Association or the Gwinnett Municipal Association.

(Ord. of 1-24-05; Ord. of 2-12-18 )