3.12.010 Council members.
A. Effective January 1, 2013, the annual salary for members of the city council shall be calculated as follows:
1. January 1, 2013, $1,893 per month;
2. The annual salary for council members shall increase annually by three percent, beginning January 1, 2014.
This subsection related to the annual salary for members of city council shall be superseded by an action by the salary commission under Chapter 2.98 BMC fixing the salary of members of the city council.
B. Each member of the city council shall be reimbursed for expenses legally incurred in the conduct of their duties in accordance with council policy.
C. Those health and life insurance benefits which are provided to permanent, part-time exempt employees of the city shall be available to council members.
1. These council benefits shall be administered in the same manner as those of other city employees and shall include the following:
a. Self-only medical, dental, and vision benefits including any co-payments or other cost-sharing provisions, but not including any incentive programs as may be made a part of the city’s benefit plans;
b. The same opportunity to self-pay for dependent coverage which is provided to permanent part-time exempt employees; and
c. Life insurance coverage equivalent to double the current annual salary.
2. Health benefits shall be provided under this section only to the extent that the benefits eligible to council members through plans provided by employment other than with the city of Bellingham are exhausted first. [Ord. 2021-12-051 § 2; Ord. 2013-09-072 § 4; Ord. 10893 § 1, 1997; Ord. 10209, 1991; Ord. 10188, 1991; Ord. 10156 § 1, 1990; Ord. 9609 § 6, 1986; Ord. 9455, 1985; Ord. 8783 § 2, 1979].