For the first time since 1995, Flowery Branch elected officials are set to get a pay raise.
Currently, the mayor is paid $500 per month and council members are paid $400 per month. The increase would boost the mayor's pay to $750 per month and council members' pay to $600.
The city did a cost analysis of pay scales of other cities of comparable size in the region to determine the new pay rate.
Council members approved a resolution providing for the pay increase at a voting session this past Thursday. Final approval of the raise is expected on August 5.
The new pay structure would become effective Jan. 1, 2022, according to Interim City Manager Vickie Short.
