The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee is meeting 09/10/2025 at 6:30PM.
They have one action item on the agenda which is a request to set alderperson salaries for an upcoming term. By law elected officials are not allowed to set their own salaries and must, instead, set the salaries of alderpersons who will be serving during a future term. That means, any change must be approved by December 1, 2025 to go into effect either April of 2026 for the half of the Common Council whose term started in 2026 or April of 2027 for the entire Council. Historically, the Appleton Common Council has chosen to set salaries two years ahead so that all alderpersons have the same salary.
City staff makes no recommendation on what the salary ought to be but has provided information on historical salary increases and the salaries for alderpersons in local municipalities and comparable municipalities elsewhere in Wisconsin.
For a salary change to go into effect, it must be approved by ¾ of the Common Council.
View full meeting details here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1336331&GUID=5F3B7DA8-6825-4F6F-8422-0B91DED59400
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