§ 1A-106. Salaries of the County Executive and Councilmembers.

(a) Salary of County Executive. Except as provided in subsection (c), the County Executive must receive an annual salary of $190,000 beginning on December 1, 2014.

(b) Salary of Councilmembers.

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (c), a Councilmember must receive an annual salary of:

(A) $113,310 beginning on December 1, 2014;

(B) $120,675 beginning on December 7, 2015;

(C) $128,519 beginning on December 5, 2016; and

(D) $136,258 beginning on December 4, 2017.

(2) The Council President must receive an additional amount equal to 10% of the salary of other Councilmembers.

(c) Annual adjustments.

(1)Beginning on December 3, 2018, the salaries of the Councilmembers must be adjusted annually on the first Monday in December by the annual average percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA), as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or any successor index, for the 12 months preceding September 1 of that year.

(2) Beginning on December 7, 2015, the salary of the County Executive must be adjusted annually on the first Monday in December by the annual average percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA), as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or any successor index, for the 12 months preceding September 1 of that year.

(d) Additional compensation.

(1) County Executive. The County Executive's authority to accept additional compensation is limited by Sections 203 and 407 of the Charter.

(2) Councilmembers. Councilmembers must not receive additional compensation for performing their duties to the county. The duties of a councilmember include service on any board, agency, authority, or commission if the Council appoints or confirms the councilmember. (1986 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 1; 1987 L.M.C., ch. 1, § 2; 1987 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 4; 1990 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; , § 1; , § 1; , § 1; 2013 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 1; , § 1.)

Editor’s note—2013 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 2, states: Transition. The County Executive and each Councilmember must receive the salaries authorized by Section 1A-106 before being amended by this Act until those salaries are increased under Section 1A-106, as amended by Section 1 of this Act.

, § 2, states in part: Transition. The County Executive, Councilmembers, Sheriff, and State’s Attorney must receive the salaries authorized by Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123A before being amended by this Act until those salaries are increased under Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123A, as amended by Section 1 of this Act.

2006 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 2, states: Transition. The County Executive, Councilmembers, Sheriff, and State’s Attorney must receive the salaries authorized by Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123 before being amended by this Act until those salaries are increased under Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123, as amended by Section 1 of this Act.

Section 3 of 1990 L.M.C., ch. 30, stated “A councilmember taking office on or after December 3, 1990 must be offered a car telephone for official business use.”