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Prior legislation: Prior code § 2.28(a); Ords. 361, 530, 584, 591, 82-001, 2001-004, 2002-003, 2007-005 and 2010-001.
A. 
Effective with the beginning of the new term of office in or around December 2026, the compensation and salary of the elected city clerk shall be three hundred twelve dollars per month. Pre-existing compensation and salary shall remain in effect until the effective date of this increase. If the position of city clerk becomes appointive, the salary, if any, shall instead be established by resolution.
B. 
Effective with the beginning of the new term of office in or around December 2026, the compensation and salary of the elected city treasurer shall be three hundred twelve dollars per month. Pre-existing compensation and salary shall remain in effect until the effective date of this increase. If the position of city treasurer becomes appointive, the salary, if any, shall instead be established by resolution.
(Ord. 2014-011 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2014-014 § 1, 2014; Ord. 2018-004 § 1, 2018; Ord. 2024-005, 10/21/2024)
A. 
Each elected city clerk and elected city treasurer first elected prior to November 2010, who has served at least two complete terms of office, is fifty years of age or older, is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), is considered an “employee” or “annuitant” by PERS under Government Code Section 22574, is eligible to receive service retirement benefits through PERS and is not excluded from PERS membership by Government Code Section 20322, shall upon receipt of PERS service retirement and medical coverage under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA), in addition to the minimum monthly employer contribution as determined by CalPERS, receive a monthly supplemental allowance to a health reimbursement account (HRA), resulting in full payment of medical premiums by the city for so long as PEMHCA coverage is maintained; provided, however, that the elected official shall have applied for PERS medical coverage through the city at least one year prior to retirement, and begun receiving such benefits as soon as possible thereafter. It is not the intent of this section to provide coverage to any former retired elected officials who have not already been receiving such coverage.
B. 
Other than mandatory enrollment and contributions in a public retirement system such as CalPERS or PARS (public agency retirement services), and any portion of medical coverage that may be required under PEMHCA, no city clerk or city treasurer first elected on or after November 2010 shall be entitled to any city-paid health or welfare benefits during retirement, including but not limited to any city-paid supplement to PEMHCA medical coverage, other medical coverage, life insurance, dental coverage, or any other health and welfare benefit.
(Ord. 2014-011 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2021-004 § 3, 2021)
A. 
This section is enacted pursuant to Government Code Section 36516(a), which authorizes an increase in the compensation of council members in an amount not to exceed five percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of salary in effect when the ordinance codified in this chapter is enacted. No ordinance shall be enacted or amended to provide automatic future increases in salary.
B. 
Each member of the council of the city shall receive as salary one thousand four hundred twenty-two dollars per month, which is calculated pursuant to Section 36516(a) of the Government Code and which is a five percent increase allowed for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment in 2018. Said salary shall be payable as of the beginning of the new terms of office in or around December 2024, and in the same manner as the salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the city. Pre-existing salaries shall remain in effect until the effective date of this increase.
C. 
The salaries prescribed herein 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. 2014-011 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2018-004 § 2, 2018; Ord. 2024-005, 10/21/2024)
The city shall pay health and welfare and/or federal social security benefits, and PERS contributions, if any, for the benefit of each member of the council, provided the same benefits are available and paid by the city for its employees, and that the maximum retirement and health and welfare benefits received by the council shall be no greater than the most generous schedule of benefits granted to any category of non-safety employees, as required by Government Code Sections 36516(d) and 53208.5. Payments “in lieu of” medical coverage, as provided in the memoranda of understanding and terms and conditions of employment for city employees, shall be made only to deferred compensation and shall be capped at the level capped for non-safety employees, currently five hundred dollars per month for family or two party coverage and three hundred fifty dollars per month for single coverage.
(Ord. 2014-011 § 1 (part), 2014)
A. 
Each member of the city council first elected prior to January 1, 2013, who has served at least two complete terms of office, is fifty years of age or older, and is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), shall upon retirement from the city, receipt through PERS of service retirement benefits, and receipt of medical coverage under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA), in addition to the minimum monthly employer contribution as determined by CalPERS, receive a monthly supplemental allowance to a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) for so long as PEMHCA coverage is maintained, resulting in full payment of medical premiums by the city; provided, however, that the council member shall have applied for PERS medical coverage through the city at least one year prior to retirement, and begun receiving such benefits as soon as possible thereafter. This city supplement to PEMHCA coverage shall be no greater than the most generous supplemental coverage being received by any category of non-safety employees, as set forth in Government Code Section 53208.5. It is not the intent of this section to provide coverage to any former retired councilmembers who have not already been receiving such coverage.
B. 
Other than any portion of medical coverage that may be required under PEMHCA, no retired member of the city council, first elected on or after January 1, 2013, shall be entitled to city-paid health or welfare benefits, including but not limited to any city-paid supplement to PEMHCA medical coverage, life insurance, dental coverage, or any other health and welfare benefit during retirement.
C. 
Following termination of city council service, any member of the council who has served at least one entire term of office shall be entitled to continue his or her group health and welfare benefits offered under the authority of Government Code Section 53201, to the extent allowed by such plans, at the city’s group rates, so long as the recipients participate on a self-pay basis. Participation in health plans governed by the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (Government Code Section 22751 et seq.) shall be as otherwise provided by such law.
D. 
Pursuant to Government Code Section 53201, each member of the city council first elected prior to January 1, 2013, whose total service at the time of retirement is not less than twelve years, shall continue to receive city-paid dental coverage up to the amounts paid by the city for its employees; provided, that the council member shall have applied for such benefits for at least one year prior to retirement, and begun receiving such benefits as soon as possible thereafter.
(Ord. 2014-011 § 1 (part), 2014)