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Amending Chapter 20-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled Compensation, by increasing the salaries of elected City officials and amending the provisions for annual cost of living salary adjustments, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 20-300 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 20-300. COMPENSATION
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§20-305. Compensation of Certain Elected Officials.
Subject to the cost of living provisions set forth in §20-308, the annual salaries of the elected officials shall be as follows:
(1) Salaries of Members of Council. The annual salary of each member of the Council shall be [eighty thousand ($80,000) dollars] ninety-eight thousand dollars ($98,000) except that the annual salary of the President of Council shall be [one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars] one hundred twenty-three thousand dollars ($123,000) and that the annual salary of the majority leader of Council shall be [eighty-five thousand ($85,000) dollars] one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000), the majority whip [eighty-three thousand five hundred ($83,500) dollars] one hundred three thousand dollars ($103,000), [and] the minority leader [eighty-three thousand five hundred ($83,500) dollars] one hundred three thousand dollars ($103,000), and the minority whip one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(2) City Controller. The annual salary of the City Controller shall be [eighty-five thousand ($85,000) dollars] one hundred nine thousand dollars ($109,000).
(3) Sheriff. The annual salary of the Sheriff shall be [eighty thousand ($80,000) dollars] ninety-eight thousand dollars ($98,000).
(4) Clerk of Quarter Sessions. The annual salary of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions shall be [eighty thousand ($80,000) dollars] ninety-eight thousand dollars ($98,000).
(5) Register of Wills. The annual salary of the Register of Wills shall be [eighty thousand ($80,000) dollars] ninety-eight thousand dollars ($98,000).
(6) City Commissioners. The annual salary of each City Commissioner shall be [eighty thousand ($80,000) dollars] ninety-eight thousand dollars ($98,000), except that the Chair of the City Commissioners shall receive an annual salary of [eighty-five thousand ($85,000) dollars] one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000).
(7) District Attorney. The annual salary of the District Attorney shall be as set forth in Section 5.1 of the act of November 1, 1971 (P.L. 495, No. 113), as added by Section 3 of the Act of October 29, 1987 (P.L. 373, No. 74) (16 P.S. § 11011-5.1), or any successor provision of law.
(8) Mayor. The annual salary of the Mayor shall be [one hundred thirty-five thousand ($135,000) dollars] one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($165,000).
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§20-308. Cost of Living Adjustments.
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(3) The salaries of the elected officials whose salary is set forth in §20-305 (except for the salary of the District Attorney) shall be adjusted on the Date of Adjustment by multiplying the then existing salary (as it may have been adjusted pursuant to this section from time to time) by the [lesser of the Tax Revenue Multiplier and the] CPI Multiplier, unless the CPI Multiplier is less than one, in which case no change to such salaries shall be made on the Date of Adjustment.
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SECTION 2. Effective Dates. This ordinance shall take effect with respect to elected officials on January 5, 2004, except that it shall not take effect with respect to the City Controller until January 2, 2006. The first cost of living adjustment for elected officials pursuant to §20-308 of The Philadelphia Code, as amended by Section 1 of this ordinance, shall be made on June 30, 2005, except as to the City Controller, the first such adjustment shall be made on June 30, 2007. The City Controller shall receive salary adjustments on June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005 pursuant to the provisions of §20-308 as it existed prior to the amendments made by Section 1 of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are severable, and if any provision or application is held illegal, such illegality shall not affect the remaining provisions. It is the legislative intent of the Council that this ordinance would have been adopted if such illegal provision had not been included and any illegal application had not been made.
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Explanation:
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