A. To study the relationship of salaries to the duties of mayor, deputy mayor and council members and to study the costs personally incurred by council members in performing such duties;

B. To study the relationship of Bellevue city council salaries and benefits to those salaries and benefits of council members in surrounding city jurisdictions and other current market conditions;

C. To establish salary and benefits by either increasing or decreasing the existing salary and benefits of each position by an affirmative vote of not less than three members;

D. To review and file a salary and compensation schedule with the city clerk no later than December 31, 2016, and if a new independent salary commission is appointed thereafter, by December 1st in any subsequent year. (Ord. 6322 § 2, 2016; Ord. 6306 § 1, 2016.)