No pay raise (for now) for City Councilors

Boulder’s mayor and city councilors may well be underpaid. But they won’t be getting a raise anytime soon.

At its monthly Monday evening, the City Council took up the question of its own pay. Currently, Mayor Rusty Giulio is paid $625 per quarter, or $208.33 a month. Councilors Drew Dawson, Shane Maichel, Sherry Lepley and Mike Taylor each make $225 per quarter, or $75 a month.

Those salaries are on the low end of a 2018 survey of Montana municipalities by the MontanaLeague of Cities and Towns. Among comparable cities and towns, Big Sandy pays its mayor $400 per month and its councilors $250. The mayor of Choteau receives $700 monthly; council members there get $175. In Manhattan, the mayor is paid $730 a month, and councilors $120.