HB622: HB622 Hoboken, City of; revise compensation of mayor and councilmembers

The City of Hoboken, Georgia operates under a charter approved by the Georgia General Assembly in 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3060). That charter has a section setting how much the mayor and councilmembers are paid each month, and this bill rewrites that section. Under the bill, the mayor would receive $475.00 per month and each councilmember would receive $175.00 per month for their services. Both the mayor and councilmembers would also continue to be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses they incur while doing their jobs. The bill repeals any conflicting laws and has already passed both the House and Senate.

• Rewrites Section 2.04 of the City of Hoboken's charter to set the mayor's pay at $475.00 per month.
• Sets each city councilmember's pay at $175.00 per month under the same revised charter section.
• Keeps in place the right of the mayor and councilmembers to be reimbursed for actual and necessary job-related expenses.
• Repeals any existing laws that conflict with the new compensation amounts.

The bill directly affects the mayor and city councilmembers of Hoboken, Georgia, by changing their monthly pay. It also affects Hoboken residents, since it governs how much their local elected officials are compensated from the city's charter.

For a small Georgia city like Hoboken, changes to elected officials' pay require an act of the state legislature because the city operates under a local charter. This bill formally updates those pay figures, affecting local government budgeting and who might be willing to serve.

• Section 1 amends Section 2.04 of Hoboken's 1976 city charter to set the mayor's monthly pay at $475.00.
• Section 1 also sets each councilmember's monthly pay at $175.00 and preserves reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses.
• Section 2 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with the new compensation terms.

1. 2025-05-13Effective Date 2025-05-13
2. 2025-05-13Act 156
3. 2025-05-13House Date Signed by Governor (House)
4. 2025-04-07House Sent to Governor (House)
5. 2025-03-18Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
6. 2025-03-18Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
7. 2025-03-06Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
8. 2025-03-04House Passed/Adopted (House)

• John Corbett (R, HD-174)Primary sponsor

1. PassedHouse voteMarch 4, 2025

   172 yea, 0 nay (6 not voting, 2 absent)

   Local Calendar : House Vote #148

2. PassedSenate voteMarch 18, 2025

   51 yea, 0 nay (2 not voting, 3 absent)

   Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #235

• local government pay
• city charter
• Hoboken Georgia
• municipal officials