Council Discuss Compensation Ordinance at Study Session

The Sheridan City Council discussed an ordinance that would amend the salaries of the council members and the mayor’s position at their study session Monday night. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

The Council, at their last regularly scheduled business meeting on March 16, on a vote of 4-3, elected to remove from the agenda an ordinance proposed by Sheridan Mayor Roger Miller to amend the salaries of the council members and the mayor’s position. The ordinance proposed by the mayor would amend the salary of the mayor’s position from $24,000 to $48,000 annually and the council members from $6,000 to $12,000 annually. The change in compensation would not be for the sitting mayor or council members, only newly elected positions.

During the virtual study session, the Council once again discussed the ordinance, with Councilman Clint Beaver speaking in favor of moving forward with the ordinance.

Councilman Thayer Shafer said that he couldn’t get behind the ordinance at this time because of a couple of factors.

Mayor Roger Miller said that he would not move forward with the proposed ordinance because four members of the Council opposed it.

Councilors Thayer Shafer, Patrick Henderson, Rich Bridger and Aaron Linden voiced their opposition to moving forward with the ordinance at this time, while Mayor Miller, and Councilors Jacob Martin and Clint Beaver were in favor of bringing the ordinance up for consideration at a future Council meeting.