Most members of the D.C. Council are set to get raises this year thanks to a little-known law that has so far cost city taxpayers more than $1 million, The Washington Examiner has learned.

Eight of the 12 council members will get an additional $2,802 from their $125,583 annual salary — a 2.2 percent cost-of-living raise this year that’s mandated by a law passed in 2006, according to the Office of the Secretary. The office said Council Chairman Kwame Brown, Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh and at-large members Michael Brown and David Catania are the only members who declined their raise this year.