The minimum salary payable to city and metropolitan council members in all municipalities having a population greater than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall be three hundred dollars ($300) per month.
Minimum salary of council members in certain municipalities
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-51-302, under Minimum Compensation for Local Officials.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-51-302