The City Council, by majority vote, shall once a year adopt a resolution
setting forth the names and classifications of each full and part-time employee
and also set forth the compensation range for each said employee, effective
from October 1 of each year until September 30 of the following year to coincide
with the city's fiscal year. The Personnel Coordinator, by and with the concurrence
of the department head of the affected 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 resolution
adopted by a majority of the members elected to the City Council.
The compensation of the City Council shall be fixed periodically by
resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to the City Council.
Compensation of the City Attorney shall be fixed by resolution of the
City Council or by contract approved by the City Council, including such travel
allowances, other expenses and benefits as may from time to time be fixed
by resolution of the City Council.
Compensation of the city engineer shall be fixed by resolution of the
City Council or by contract approved by the City Council, including such travel
allowances and other expenses and benefits as may from time to time be fixed
by resolution of 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 $1,000 or imprisonment for any length of time not to exceed one year,
or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.