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 one thousand dollars per month, 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, until the increase in subsection (b) goes into effect.
(b) 
The city council salary shall be increased to one thousand four hundred dollars per month for all members of the city council, as prescribed in Section 36516 of the Government Code for cities over fifty thousand up to and including seventy five thousand in population, 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 2024 general election, pursuant to Government Code Section 36516.5.
(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1536 § 3, 2017; Ord. 1658, 6/12/2024)
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) 
An amount equal to inflation since January 1, 2024, based on the California Consumer Price Index, not to exceed ten percent per calendar year, in accordance with Government Code Section 36516 and as approved by city council ordinance.
(d) 
In accordance with Government Code Section 36516, by a majority of the electors voting at any municipal election.
(e) 
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; Ord. 1658, 6/12/2024)
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 one thousand four hundred dollars per month.
(Ord. 1202 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1658, 6/12/2024)