The ordinance codified in this chapter is enacted pursuant to the provisions of Government Code section 36516 authorizing the city council to provide by ordinance that each member of the city council shall receive a prescribed salary, the amount of which shall be based upon the population of the city as determined by estimates validated by the state department of finance.
(Code 1980, § 2.16.010; Ord. No. 10 § 1, 1977; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
As of September 1, 1989, the latest estimate of population of the city validated by the state department of finance is 104,000.
(Code 1980, § 2.16.020; Ord. No. 10 § 2, 1977; Ord. No. 10-B § 1, 1989; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
A. 
Each member of the city council other than the mayor shall receive as salary the sum of $1,640 per month. The mayor shall receive the sum of $1,818 per month. The salary shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the city.
B. 
Any member of the city council may receive the authorized increase in salary, or portion thereof, as provided in this section by enactment of Ordinance No. 10C, by filing a written request for said increase, or portion thereof, with the city clerk. Such request may be filed at any time and shall continue in effect until the end of the city councilmember's term of office or until a withdrawal of the written request is filed with the city clerk.
(Code 1980, § 2.16.030; Ord. No. 10 § 3, 1977; Ord. No. 10-B § 2, 1989; Ord. No. 10C § 1, 1998; Ord. No. 10E § 1, 2008; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 918 § 1, 2017; Ord. No. 965 § 1, 2019; Ord. No. 1003 § 1, 2022; Ord. No. 1020 § 1, 2023; Ord. No. 1047, 10/15/2025)
Following any new and later authorized estimate of population or census placing the city in a population group other than that set forth in section 2.16.020, the salary payable to each member of the city council shall be increased or decreased accordingly to equal the sum prescribed for that population group in Government Code section 36516; provided, however, the salary so increased or decreased shall become payable only on and after the date upon which one or more members of the city council become eligible therefore by virtue of beginning a new term of office following the next succeeding general municipal election held in the city.
(Code 1980, § 2.16.040; Ord. No. 10 § 4, 1977; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
The salaries prescribed in this chapter shall be exclusive of any amounts payable to each member of the city council as reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of the city council in the performance of official duties for the city.
(Code 1980, § 2.16.050; Ord. No. 10 § 5, 1977; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and pursuant to Government Code section 36516.2, the salary of each member of the city council is increased, effective on the operative date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, by an amount equal to two and one-half percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of salary in effect, which adjustment was made pursuant to Government Code section 36516 and section 2.16.040. This section shall not be deemed to provide for an automatic future increase in salary.
(Code 1980, § 2.16.060; Ord. No. 10-A § 1, 1984; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)