Salaries or other compensation of elected city officials shall not be increased or diminished so as to take effect during the term of office for which they were elected and shall be fixed at least two months before the general municipal election in which voting is held for the office. Their salaries shall be set by an ordinance other than the city’ s annual budget or appropriation ordinance. (Amended during 1997 codification: prior code §§ 2-4-9(A) and 2-14-5)

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