Elected Officials Salary Increases

At a glance

What: Ordinances setting salaries for elected officials and the 2026 rates of pay for City offices and positions.
Where it stands: Both ordinances passed on September 22, 2026 over a bloc of no votes.
Next: None pending in the records read.

File 251682 (substitute ordinance on salaries for certain elected officials), moved by Ald. Dimitrijevic: passed 10-5. Aye: Pratt, Chambers Jr., Brower, Bauman, Westmoreland, Coggs, Taylor, Perez, Dimitrijevic, Stamper. No: Ald. Jackson, Ald. Zamarripa, Ald. Moore, Ald. Burgelis, Ald. Spiker. The minutes do not state the dollar amounts.
File 260544 (substitute ordinance further amending 2026 rates of pay): Ald. Dimitrijevic moved to amend Part 8 by adding "except as prohibited by s. 755.04, Wis. Stats." to footnote (9); amendment adopted 15-0. Footnote (9) says that at the start of the 2028-2032 term the salaries for City Attorney, City Treasurer, Comptroller and Municipal Judge increase 2% over the rates in effect for the 4th year of the 2024-2028 term, and rise another 2% each year from pay period 10, 2029 for the rest of that term.
The amended ordinance passed 11-4. No: Ald. Zamarripa, Ald. Moore, Ald. Burgelis, Ald. Spiker. Note Ald. Jackson voted no on File 251682 but yes on this one.
File 260545 (positions) and File 260546 (employee wages, benefits and regulations) passed 15-0. File 260726 (communication on salaries of certain elected officials) was placed on file 15-0.

File 251682 passed 10-5; File 260544 amended 15-0 and passed 11-4; Files 260545 and 260546 passed 15-0.