LIVONIA — Elected officials in Livonia will see pay increases of up to 5% over the next two years.
City council accepted the recommendation of the local officers compensation commission at a Dec. 13 meeting. The local officers compensation commission meets once every two years to propose wage rates for elected officials including the city’s mayor, clerk, treasurer and city council members.
“We like to compare ourselves to surrounding communities and look at what the unions in the city are getting,” said Glen Long, the commission’s chair. “We don’t want to fall out of line with that.”
Over the next two years, Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan and members of city council will receive the same pay raises as the city’s unionized employees. According to Long, employee contracts, pay for officials in similar sized communities and the city’s financial state are major considerations for the compensation commission.
Next year, Brosnan will receive $141,419, a 3% increase from her current pay. In 2025, her salary will increase 2.5% to $144,954.
Similarly, incoming Council President Brandon McCullough will see a 3% pay bump from outgoing President Jim Jolly’s pay, bringing it to $20,556 annually. In 2025, McCullough will receive $21,070. Following the same scale, the other six council members will receive $18,688 in 2024 and $19,155 in 2025.
Incoming Clerk Lori Miller and incoming Treasurer Susan Nash will see 5% pay increases in 2024 and 2025. Both Miller and Nash will be paid $102,137 in 2024 and $107,243 in 2025.
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Long noted Livonia’s clerk and treasurer are underpaid compared to their counterparts in neighboring communities, so the commission felt a larger raise was reasonable.
The clerks in Westland and Farmington Hills, both of which are smaller than Livonia, make over $122,000 a year. Similarly, the treasurer in Farmington Hills also makes over $122,000 annually.
“Looking at some of the neighboring communities, those two positions are underpaid,” Long said. “Those two positions are like department heads, but they’re not department heads because they’re elected. They have staffs and a department they run. Compared to our other department heads, those two positions were low as well.”
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