§ 4. Mayor and council; compensation and powers.

(a)

The municipal government of the city and all powers of the city shall be vested in the mayor and council. The mayor and council shall be the legislative body of the city. The mayor and council shall have full power and authority to provide for the execution of all powers, functions, rights, privileges, duties and immunities of the city, its officers, agencies, or employees granted by this Charter or by state law.

(b)

The salary of the members of the mayor and council shall be set (or the same will remain the same) by December of each year to be effective in January of the following year except in the cases of local election cycles, whether special or regular elections, where the salary shall not be set during the period of time candidates qualify for election to the Riverdale City Council nor shall such salary change be effective until after the taking of office of those elected at the next regular municipal election which is held immediately following the date on which the action to increase the compensation was taken. The salary for the councilmen shall not exceed $13,600.00 per annum, and the salary for the mayor shall not exceed $18,400.00 per annum. Each councilman and the mayor, when authorized by the mayor and council and upon the presentation of itemized vouchers, shall receive his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties of office.

(1982 Ga. Laws, page 5320; Ord. No. 07-2014, § 1, 6-26-14 )