Salaries—Elected Officials

Saint Paul Administrative Code tit. III, ch. 32

in effect

Saint Paul Administrative Code § 32.01 Salaries fixed.

Sec. 32.01. - Salaries fixed. (a) The annual salary of the mayor shall be sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). (b) Effective January 1, 1987, and on each January 1 thereafter, the salary of the mayor shall be increased by the same percentage as the percentage increase approved for the city's supervisory employees organization for the year following that January 1. (c) Effective January 1, 2004, and on each January 1 thereafter, the annual salary of each member of the city council shall be equal to fifty (50) percent of the annual salary of the mayor as increased pursuant to part (b) above. (d) Effective the first business day of January in 1994, the mayor and council shall receive the same fringe benefits, which they are entitled to receive, as those same fringe benefits are received by the non-represented city employees. Fringe benefits granted under this provision shall not include personal leave, vacation, short-term disability, nor termination pay. The amount that the city shall pay for those eligible fringe benefits received by the mayor and council shall be equal to the direct and indirect city contributions for the same fringe benefits received by non-represented city employees. (Ord. No. 17263, § 1, 8-6-85; C.F. No. 93-1690, § 1, 11-30-93; C.F. No. 02-70, § 1, 3-6-02; Ord 12-78, § 1, 12-12-12)

Saint Paul Administrative Code § 32.02 Payable biweekly.

Sec. 32.02. - Payable biweekly. The annual compensation fixed herein shall be payable in semimonthly installments. Effective upon the first Tuesday in June, 1980, such compensation shall be payable biweekly, at such times as regular city employees are paid. The director of the office of human resources is authorized to take such measures as are necessary to provide for such biweekly payments and further may delay the actual payment of the increases set forth in section 32.01 until such time as may be accomplished, as nearly as possible, the deferring of two (2) weeks' salary without an interruption in the biweekly schedule herein established. (C.F. No. 04-141, § 1, 3-3-04)

Saint Paul Administrative Code § 32.03 Other compensation.

Sec. 32.03. - Other compensation. All fees, moneys or remuneration of whatever kind accruing to the mayor or councilmen in their elected capacity other than the compensation fixed in section 32.01 shall be reported to the city council and paid monthly into the city treasury.

Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIIADCO_TITIIIOFEM_CH32SALEOFFetched: 11/1/2026