City elected officials are slated to get pay raises of between $15,000 and $40,000 a year under recommendations released yesterday by a Mayor Bloomberg-appointed commission.

The increases, which range from 10% for the public advocate to 26.7% for the five district attorneys, would be the first in seven years for the officials.

The three-member commission signed off on a request by the City Council speaker, Christine Quinn, for council members to get a 25% raise, to $112,500 annually. They currently make a base salary of $90,000 a year. But the panel also urged the city to consider doing away with the stipends, or “lulus,” that lawmakers receive for holding committee chairmanships and leadership positions. The lulus have come under criticism from civic groups who say they are doled out by the speaker as rewards for political loyalty and support.

Saying the issue was “ripe for reform,” the panel recommended that either the council or a charter revision commission make changes to the lulu system effective at the end of 2009, when most of the current council will leave office because of term limits. “This would allow the current council to leave a legacy of reform and the next council to avoid being burdened with the same public criticisms,” the commission wrote.

The commission also said the city should consider changing the job description of a council member to full-time from part-time, which many lawmakers have opposed since it could eliminate their ability to collect outside income.

Eager to collect its raise, the council plans to act immediately on the recommendations, which came with a letter of support from the mayor. Ms. Quinn said in a statement that legislation to implement the new salaries would be introduced tomorrow, and a public hearing would be scheduled. The statement made no mention of the issues of lulus or part-time status, which the speaker has opposed changing. “I’m sure it will be part of the public hearing that we have,” a council spokeswoman, Maria Alvarado, said. The commission’s other recommended salary increases included:

$30,000 for the mayor, to $225,000
$25,000 for the comptroller, to $185,000
$15,000 for the public advocate, to $165,000
$40,000 for the district attorneys, to $190,000
$25,000 for the borough presidents, to $160,000

The office of the mayor would receive a raise even though Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire, takes only a $1 annual salary. The executive director of the good-government Citizens Union, Dick Dadey, said the increases were appropriate, except for the borough presidents, whom he said were overpaid given their minimal official duties. He also urged the council to heed the commission’s recommendations on the issue of stipends.”The council raises are acceptable, but only if the council does away with the lulus,” Mr. Dadey said. The mayor’s commission was headed by the president and co-founder of Chelsea Piers, Tom Bernstein.