A weeks-long haggling within the Huntsville city council and including a veto from Mayor Tommy Battle reached final resolution Thursday night.

The council voted to give the office of mayor a 33 percent salary increase while also increasing the salaries of the council members as a set percentage of the mayor's salary.

The salary increases passed in a 4-1 vote with Councilwoman Jennie Robinson casting the lone dissenting vote – declaring during brief discussion that the council salary increases are "bad public policy."

The salary increases go into effect in November 2020 at the start of the new mayoral term as well as terms for city council Districts 1 and 5. All three offices come up for election next year.

Following the meeting, Battle said he would make an announcement Friday morning concerning a possible veto over the salary increase.

The mayor’s salary will be $176,000 – at the top grade and top step of the new employee salary schedule approved last month by the council. The city council president will receive $49,000 annually and other council members will receive $44,000 annually.

Council President Devyn Keith – whose seat is up for election next year – pushed for the pay increase for council members to make the position more appealing to possible candidates.

Still, he said emphasized that no council members will be getting rich via the salary increase.

The issue of council salaries emerged Aug. 8 as the council voted 3-2 to give the mayor's office a raise. That raise automatically raised the salaries of the council members, leading Robinson to introduce an amendment to leave council salaries unchanged even while raising the mayor's salary.

The next day, Battle issued his first veto as mayor – attempting to stop the pay hike for the mayor's office. At the next council meeting, the council failed to override that veto.

At Thursday night's meeting, the council brought the mayor's pay raise back to the agenda in a new resolution.

Previously, the council president’s salary was 30 percent of the mayor’s salary and council members’ salaries were 25 percent of the mayor’s salary. Under the changes voted by the council Thursday night, the council president’s salary is 28 percent of the mayor’s salary and council members’ salary is 25 percent of the mayor’s salary.