A. Each
member of the City Council shall receive a salary in the amount of
$1,111.62 per month.
B. The
City’s Mayor shall receive a salary in the amount of $1,429.28
per month.
C. Each member of the City Council, including the Mayor, who is a member of a City Council-assigned committee, shall receive a stipend from the City of $75 per committee meeting in which they are in attendance. This stipend shall only apply when an outside committee does not provide a stipend to the City Councilmember or Mayor. This stipend, when applicable, is in addition to the salaries specified in subsections
A and
B.
D. All
sums to be paid as salaries to the Mayor and to members of the City
Council shall be a debt of the City and shall be paid monthly.
(Prior code § 30.02; Ord. 658 4-17-18; Ord. 706 1-4-20)
The City Council shall have the right to contract with the County
or other public agency, pursuant to the laws of the State and of the
County, for the performance and execution by designated County or
other public officials of the rights, powers and duties of officers,
officials and employees of the City. Whenever by law or any ordinance
of the City, whether set forth in full or by adoption by reference,
any power or authority is granted to an officer, official or employee,
the power or authority is conferred upon the appropriate officer,
official or employee of the City, or the appropriate officer, official
or employee of the County or other public agency with whom a contract
has been entered into.
(Prior code § 30.03)
If a vacancy occurs on the City Council, including the office
of Mayor, the City Council shall fill the vacancy by either appointment
of a new Councilmember or calling a special election. Any Council
action must comply with California
Government Code Section 36512,
as may be amended.
(Prior code § 30.04; Ord. 704 12-3-19)
Selection of Mayor Pro Tem shall be addressed in the City Council
Meeting Guidelines and Procedure, and may be changed by resolution.
(Prior code § 30.05)
Commencing in November 2020, a directly-elected Mayor shall
have a four-year term. The directly-elected Mayor shall have a term
limit of two terms.
(Ord. 677 11-6-18)
Pursuant to California
Government Code Section 36503 and Sections
1000 and 1301 of the California
Elections Code, the general municipal
election of the City of Desert Hot Springs, commencing with the 2017
election, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November of even-numbered years to coincide with statewide general
elections; and, further, that such election shall be consolidated
with all other elections held throughout the territory on that day.
(Prior code § 30.15; Ord. 601 3-7-17)
Terms of officeholders shall be extended as necessary, but no
more than 12 months.
(Prior code § 30.16)
The election date change shall be phased according to the following
schedule:
A. November
1994 Election.
1. Two
City Council seats for full terms of five years ending November 1999.
2. One
Mayoral seat for a full term of two years ending November 1996.
B. November
1996 Election.
1. Two
City Council seats for full terms of five years ending November 2001.
2. One
Mayoral seat for a full term of three years ending November 1999.
C. November
1999 Election.
1. Two
City Council seats for full terms of four years ending November 2003.
2. One
Mayoral seat for a full term of two years ending November 2001.
(Prior code § 30.17)
Pursuant to
Government Code Section 34886 and the schedule established in Section
2.04.020 of this chapter, commencing with the November 2022, General Municipal Election, four members of the City of Desert Hot Springs City Council shall be elected by districts 1, 2, 3 and 4, with one Mayor at large. The City’s by-district electoral system shall be conducted in accordance with California law.
(Ord. 754 4-19-22)
The City Clerk shall maintain a map of the City showing the
current boundaries and numbers of each Council District as they are
established and may be amended from time to time by ordinance of the
City Council. The map of the initial Council Districts is attached
to the ordinance codified in this section as Exhibit A and incorporated
herein by reference.
(Ord. 754 4-19-22)
a. City
Councilmember(s) must reside in the jurisdictional boundaries of their
respective district for no fewer than 30 days prior to filing nomination
papers, and for the duration of their term.
b. Mayoral
candidate(s) must reside in the jurisdictional boundaries of the City
no fewer than 30 days prior to filing nomination papers, and for the
duration of their term.
c. Proof
of residency in document form must be shown to the City Clerk upon
filing nomination papers.
(Ord. 760 6-21-22; Ord. 763 7-5-22)