SB335 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

J.T. WaggonerSenator

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Jefferson County, Birmingham City Council, salaries

Summary

SB335 would set Class 1 city council salaries, including Birmingham, to the municipality’s median household income (rounded up), starting November 3, 2025, with online publication and repeal of existing pay rules.

What This Bill Does

The bill applies to Class 1 municipalities and sets each city council member's annual salary to the municipality's median household income, rounded up to the nearest thousand, using the most recent U.S. Census data available as of November 3, 2025 (as determined by the city budget office). This amount becomes the total compensation for council members and would replace any other salary, allowance, or compensation provided by law. It also requires the salary to be published on the municipality's official website for public viewing and repeals current laws that previously authorized or structured council salaries and allowances.

Who It Affects

• City council members in Class 1 municipalities (e.g., Birmingham) whose compensation will be tied to the municipality's median household income and replace existing pay structures.
• The public and city staff who will have access to the published salary information on the municipality’s official website, increasing transparency.

Key Provisions

• The annual salary for each Class 1 city council member equals the municipality's median household income, rounded up to the nearest thousand, based on the most recent U.S. Census data available as of November 3, 2025, as determined by the city budget office.
• This salary is the total compensation payable to council members and supersedes any other expense allowance, salary, or compensation for city council members provided by law.
• The salary must be published on the municipality's official website in a form readily viewable by the public.
• Repeals Act 87-797 of the 1987 Regular Session and Sections 11-43-7.1, 11-43-7.2, 11-43-7.3, 11-43-66, and 45-37A-52.54 of the Code of Alabama, which previously authorized or set salaries and allowances for Class 1 municipal council members.
• The act becomes effective on November 3, 2025.

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Subjects

Jefferson County