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The setting of such salaries by members of a council shall include the salary of the mayor or president of the council whether such official is a member of the council or not.B\n\nCities within the following population brackets shall be allowed to set salaries for mayors, which include presidents of council, and council members not to exceed the following:C\n\nThe maximum annual salaries provided in subsection B may be adjusted in any year or years, by ordinance as provided in subsection A, by an inflation factor not to exceed five percent.D\n\nNo increase in the salary of a member of a council shall take effect until July 1 after the next regularly scheduled general election of council members.E\n\nEvery proposed increase in the salary of a member of a council shall be adopted at least four months prior to the date of the next municipal election except in the case of a newly created consolidated city when the proposed increase shall be adopted at least two months prior to the date of its first municipal election.F\n\nAny member of a council shall be eligible to be reimbursed for any personal expenses incurred by him for official business. However, all claims for reimbursement shall be for reasonable expenses to the extent permitted by law incurred in the conduct of official city business and shall be itemized and documented by stamped paid receipts to the extent feasible.G\n\nIn addition to a salary, each member of the council of any city may be compensated with such benefits as are provided city employees by the city.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":204522,"text":"Subject to the exception provided for in § 15.2-1414.5, the annual salary of each member of the council of any city shall be set by its members by ordinance after a public hearing pursuant to notice in the manner and form provided in §§ 15.2-1426 and 15.2-1427, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 358 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1982, chapter 125; in 1985, chapter 111; in 1986, chapters 111 and 312; in 1988, chapter 213; in 1996, chapter 263<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 592<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 608<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76895,"section_number":"15.2-1414.5","catch_line":"Each councilman to be paid annual salary; effect of charter","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1414.5\/"},{"id":73329,"section_number":"15.2-1426","catch_line":"Form of ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1426\/"},{"id":65433,"section_number":"15.2-1427","catch_line":"Adoption of ordinances and resolutions generally; amending or repealing ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1427\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55833,"identifier":"15.2-1414.6","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1.1\/15.2-1414.6","url":"\/15.2-1414.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1414.6\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1.1\/15.2-1414.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permitted salaries; salary increases; reimbursement for expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1414.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Subject to the exception provided for in § 15.2-1414.5<\/a>, the annual salary of each member of the council<\/span> of any city<\/span> shall be set by its members by ordinance<\/span> after a public hearing<\/span> pursuant to notice in the manner and form provided in §§ 15.2-1426<\/a> and 15.2-1427<\/a>, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law<\/span>, general or special. The setting of such salaries by members of a council shall include the salary of the mayor or president of the council whether such official is a member of the council<\/span> or not. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Cities within the following population brackets shall be allowed to set salaries for mayors, which include presidents of council, and council members not to exceed the following: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The maximum annual salaries provided in subsection B may be adjusted in any year or years, by ordinance<\/span> as provided in subsection A, by an inflation factor not to exceed five percent. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> No increase in the salary of a member of a council shall take effect until July 1 after the next regularly scheduled general election of council members. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Every proposed increase in the salary of a member of a council shall be adopted at least four months prior to the date of the next municipal election except in the case of a newly created consolidated city<\/span> when the proposed increase shall be adopted at least two months prior to the date of its first municipal election. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Any member of a council shall be eligible to be reimbursed for any personal expenses incurred by him for official business. However, all claims for reimbursement shall be for reasonable expenses to the extent permitted by law<\/span> incurred in the conduct of official city<\/span> business and shall be itemized and documented by stamped paid receipts to the extent feasible. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> In addition to a salary, each member of the council<\/span> of any city<\/span> may be compensated with such benefits as are provided city<\/span> employees by the city<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMITTED SALARIES; SALARY INCREASES; REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES (\u00a7\n15.2-1414.6)\n\nA. Subject to the exception provided for in § 15.2-1414.5, the annual\nsalary of each member of the council of any city shall be set by its members by\nordinance after a public hearing pursuant to notice in the manner and form\nprovided in §§ 15.2-1426 and 15.2-1427, notwithstanding any contrary\nprovision of law, general or special. The setting of such salaries by members of\na council shall include the salary of the mayor or president of the council\nwhether such official is a member of the council or not.\n\nB. Cities within the following population brackets shall be allowed to set\nsalaries for mayors, which include presidents of council, and council members\nnot to exceed the following:\n\nC. The maximum annual salaries provided in subsection B may be adjusted in any\nyear or years, by ordinance as provided in subsection A, by an inflation factor\nnot to exceed five percent.\n\nD. No increase in the salary of a member of a council shall take effect until\nJuly 1 after the next regularly scheduled general election of council members.\n\nE. Every proposed increase in the salary of a member of a council shall be\nadopted at least four months prior to the date of the next municipal election\nexcept in the case of a newly created consolidated city when the proposed\nincrease shall be adopted at least two months prior to the date of its first\nmunicipal election.\n\nF. Any member of a council shall be eligible to be reimbursed for any personal\nexpenses incurred by him for official business. However, all claims for\nreimbursement shall be for reasonable expenses to the extent permitted by law\nincurred in the conduct of official city business and shall be itemized and\ndocumented by stamped paid receipts to the extent feasible.\n\nG. In addition to a salary, each member of the council of any city may be\ncompensated with such benefits as are provided city employees by the city.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 358, \u00a7 14.1-47.2; 1982, c. 125; 1985, c. 111; 1986, cc. 111,\n312; 1988, c. 213; 1996, c. 263; 1997, c. 592; 1998, c. 872; 2024, c. 608.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}