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CITY COUNCIL SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TO INCREASE CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE- HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: KASAMA LEE, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: KASAMA LEE, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER (714) 754-5169
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council give second reading to and adopt, Ordinance No. 2024-XX increasing the City Council compensation effective after the general election, with the new City Council in December 2024.
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BACKGROUND:
The City Council's current salary rate of $904.40 per month was last set by Ordinance No. 09-5 in May 2009. The City Council approved a reduction in its salary by 5% in 2009 due to the impacts of the State budget on local government and economic conditions at the time.
California Government Code section 36516 was recently amended to allow city councils to enact an ordinance providing that each member of the city council receive a salary based on the population of the city. In cities with over 75,000 up to and including 150,000 in population, the city council salary may be set at up to $1,900 per month. Prior to the amendment, this amount was set at $600 per month. California Government Code section 36516(a)(4) previously allowed for up to a 5% increase per year from the date of the last adjustment. The code was recently amended to state:
"The salary of council members may be increased beyond the amount provided in this subdivision by an ordinance or by an amendment to an ordinance, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:
(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary in effect when the ordinance or amendment is enacted.
(B) An amount equal to inflation since January 1, 2024, based upon the California Consumer Price Index, which shall not exceed 10 percent for each calendar year." ...
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