Hampton’s mayor and council are getting a pay raise for the first time in two decades.
The City Council voted at its April 11 regular meeting to approve the second reading of an ordinance amending the city code to provide increased compensation for the mayor and council members. The first reading was approved at the March meeting.
A city staff report indicated that none of the city’s elected officials has received a salary increase since 2003, while showing that the council has worked to ensure that employees make a livable wage and deal with recent rising inflation.
The new plan would raise the mayor’s pay from $10,800 to $13,200 per year, while council members would go from $8,400 to $9,900 and the mayor pro tem would receive $10,900 annually. It will go into effect in January of 2024 under that year’s budget.
In other business, the council voted to grant a request for a conditional use permit for property at 6 Lindsey Lane. The new permit is to allow congregate housing at the site, which is currently zoned single-family residential.
According to city officials, the property owner wants to provide services in the home to adult residents “to facilitate their daily needs regarding hygiene, meals, dressing, medication, medical appointments, social outings, and entertainment.”
The property owners have been Hampton residents for more than 20 years, making upgrades to the home and property along the way. No signage will be posted on site, and the home will remain residential in character.
According to documents reviewed during the monthly departmental reports, the Elm Street stormwater project is expected to start sometime before the end of May and be completed around Thanksgiving.
The East King/Floyd Road roundabout project is complete and officials are working with the contractor to close it out. Road and related storm improvements from the roundabout to the entrance of the Cobblestone are being completed.
Work is progressing on Phase II of East Hampton Community Park project improvements, and city workers were scheduled to install electrical service to the park last week. The contractor’s current timeline has the project completed by July 18.
Road paving improvements on McDonough Street, West Main Street and Georgia Avenue are complete. Roads in the Cobblestone subdivision — Watercourse Way, Pebble Rock Road and Warm Spring Court — are all scheduled to be resurfaced when the Thompson Creek sewer work is complete.
