[Adopted 2-19-1947 by L.L. No. 1-1947]
The power of the Common Council and of the several departments
and boards of the City of Rensselaer to fix the compensation of any
office or position is hereby extended to include the power to increase,
during any fiscal year, the compensation of any office, officer or
person paid out of the treasury of the City of Rensselaer. Such increased
compensation may be made after the salary or compensation of any office,
officer or person shall have been fixed and provided for in the budget
of the City for the fiscal year.
[Adopted 8-5-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
Any Councilperson out for a period of six months or more shall
not be paid regardless of medical reason until returning. Such Councilperson,
depending on the length of time absent, should consider resigning
so that a functioning representative can represent people of that
ward and City as a whole.
Proof of meeting attendance will be determined by timesheet
reports via the new hand scanner (or equivalent time clock). In the
absence of a working hand scanner (or equivalent time clock), proof
of meeting attendance will be determined by the following:
A. Non-functioning
hand scanner or time clock: proof of meeting attendance will be documented
by the City Clerk for all regular Common Council meetings and special
meetings determined by official roll call. This official roll call
will be submitted to the City Treasurer by the Clerk the following
morning after the meeting.
B. Proof of
the Common Council workshop meetings will be determined by the Common
Council President, or in the case of the Common Council President's
absence, the acting or Pro-Tem, or in the case of both their absences,
by the senior member (years on the Council) of the Common Council
present.
C. Budget/Finance meetings.
(1) Proof
of budget/finance meetings will be determined by log-in sheet and
will be confirmed by two of the following:
(b)
Chairperson of the Finance Committee.
(c)
Chairperson of the Auditing Committee.
(2) In the event that the Treasurer and one of the above Chairpersons
are missing, the remaining person can confirm the log-in sheet on
his/her own.
D. The City
Treasurer or his/her designee shall maintain a spreadsheet containing
each Councilperson's attendance of the above-mentioned four types
of meetings and shall submit a copy of this report in each Councilperson's
folder for the regular Common Council as part of the documentation
of payroll tracking.