Top Portland police command staff would get a 5 percent boost in their annual base pay if they live in the city, according to a proposal that will go before the City Council next week.

The council characterized the proposal as an emergency ordinance that would go into effect immediately to serve as an incentive for the newly selected Portland police chief, Danielle Outlaw of Oakland, to find a place to live in Portland.

Outlaw, a 41-year-old deputy chief in Oakland and the first African American woman named to lead the Portland Police Bureau, has expressed a desire to live within the city limits. Outlaw is searching for a home in Portland, according to the mayor's spokesman Michael Cox.

The 5 percent boost would be added to Outlaw's base salary of $215,000, bringing her annual pay to $225,750. She's expected to start Oct. 2.

The 5 percent premium pay for high-ranking supervisors, including the chief, assistant chiefs, commanders and captains who live in the city, would match the same residency incentive pay granted to police lieutenants in the city's 2015-2018 union contract with the Portland Police Commanding Officers Association.

Anna Kanwit, manager of the city's Bureau of Human Resources, has estimated the residency incentive pay for the top ranked officers will cost the city between $30,000 and $50,000 annually, based on the 2016 payroll file of command officers who now live within the city limits.

Rank-and-file officers are not required to move to Portland. If an officer does, the city will reimburse the officer for relocation expenses.

A captain's salary ranges from $128,000 to $139,000. A commander's salary ranges from $144,00 to $159,000. An assistant chief's salary ranges from $113,000 to $162,000.

The City Council will consider the proposal at its Wednesday meeting at 9:30 a.m. in City Hall.

-- Maxine Bernstein

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