The City Council, by majority vote, shall once
a year adopt an ordinance setting forth each full- and part-time employment
position and also setting forth the compensation range for each said
position, effective from October 1 of each year until September 30
of the following year to coincide with the City's fiscal year. The
Human Resources Director, or his or her designee, by and with the
concurrence of the department head of each full- and part-time employee,
may set the compensation of each employee within the determined compensation
range. No compensation for any employee shall be set outside of the
compensation range determined pursuant to this section without approval,
by majority vote, of the City Council.
The compensation of any elected official shall
not be increased or diminished during the term of office for which
he was elected, except that elected officials who are elected to the
Council or other body having more than one member and terms of one
or more members commence and end at different times, the compensation
of all members of that body may be increased or diminished at the
beginning of the full term of any member thereof. No person who shall
have resigned or vacated any elective office shall be again eligible
to hold the office during the term he was elected to if after resignation
the emoluments have been increased.
The compensation of the Mayor shall be fixed
periodically by ordinance adopted by a majority of the members elected
to the City Council.
The compensation of the City Council shall be
fixed periodically by ordinance adopted by a majority of the members
elected to the City Council.
Any person who violates any of the prohibitions
or provisions of any section of this chapter shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor. Unless otherwise specified in the particular section
for which the person stands convicted of violating, the penalty for
such violation shall be in an amount not to exceed $500 or imprisonment
for any length of time not to exceed three months, or both such fine
and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.