Bothell Mayor Mark Lamb recently appointed, and City Council confirmed, three residents to a newly formed council salary commission.
As its name implies, the commission will review the salaries and benefits paid to Bothell City Council members.
Those named to the commission are: Kurt Langkow, Brian Pearson and Robert Terry.
The commission is tentatively scheduled to hold its first meeting at 6 p.m. March 26 at the Bothell Municipal Court.
The three names were chosen from 10 applications. The commission has the responsibility for determining any potential changes to the existing salary structure for the city’s legislative body.
Staff support will be provided by the city’s Human Resources Department. The commission has 90 days to complete its work and the limited term appointments automatically end when a salary recommendation is made. A new commission will be appointed every five years. Appointees are all Bothell residents and not related to any current council members.
Currently, City Council members are paid $500 per month. The city’s mayor earns $700 per month.
The council established the salary commission in January, authorizing it to set council compensation in lieu of council setting its own salaries as is currently the case.
• In other news, the city of Bothell is holding a community meeting to kick off the conceptual design phase of the Main Street Enhancement and Extension projects from 6-8 p.m. March 19 at the Northshore Senior Center (10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell).
As an element of the downtown-revitalization effort, Bothell’s historic Main Street will receive a renewal of its own. This renewal will assure Main Street maintains the “feel” that makes downtown Bothell appealing and integrate it seamlessly with the design and structure of the revitalized downtown.
