The ordinance codified in this chapter is enacted pursuant to
Section 36516 of the Government Code, as amended, authorizing the
council to provide by ordinance that each member of the council shall
receive a prescribed salary, the amount of which is based upon the
population of the city as determined by estimates made by the State
Department of Finance, and prescribing the methods by which council
salaries may be increased or decreased in the future.
(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1997)
Each member of the city council of the city shall receive as
salary the following:
(a)
The
sum of five hundred dollars per month, as prescribed in said Section
36516 of the Government Code for cities over fifty thousand up to
and including seventy-five thousand in population, which shall be
payable at the same time and in the same manner as salaries are paid
to other officers and employees of the city.
(b)
The
city council salary shall be increased to one thousand dollars per
month for all members of the city council at such time as one or more
members become eligible for a salary increase by virtue of beginning
a new term of office after the November 2018 general election, pursuant
to Government Code Section 36516.5.
(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1536 § 3, 2017)
The salaries provided in this chapter may be increased or decreased
as follows:
(a)
Following any new and later estimate of population made by the Department of Finance, placing the city in a population group other than that set forth in Section 2.12.020, the salary payable to each member of the council may be increased or decreased by ordinance of the city council to equal the sum prescribed for that population group in Section 36516 of the Government Code, as amended.
(b)
An
amount equal to five percent for each calendar year from the operative
date of the last adjustment of the salaries in effect, in accordance
with Government Code Section 36516 and as approved by city council
ordinance.
(c)
In
accordance with Government Code Section 36516, by a majority of the
electors voting at any municipal election.
(d)
The
salaries as so increased or decreased shall become payable only on
and after the date upon which one or more members of the council becomes
eligible therefor by virtue of beginning a new term of office following
a general municipal election held in the city.
(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1536 § 3, 2017)
The salaries prescribed in this chapter are and shall be exclusive
of any amounts payable to each member of the council as reimbursement
for actual and necessary expenses incurred by him or her in the performance
of official duties for the city.
(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1997)
The ordinance codified in this chapter shall become operative
only on and after the date upon which one or more members of the council
of the city becomes eligible for the salary prescribed in this section
by virtue of beginning a new term of office following the general
municipal election next succeeding its effective date, and prior to
said operative date, councilmembers’ salaries shall be five
hundred dollars per month.
(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1997)
