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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 6.2 OrdIncreasingCCSalaries (2) " . .. e e CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: February 28, 1994 SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING - Ordinance Increasing city council Salaries ~~~. (Report Prepared by Kay Keck, city Cler~l) EXHIBITS ATTACHED:~raft ordinance RECOHHBHDATI~ !l 5) 6) Open Public Hearing Receive Staff presentation Receive Public Testimony Close public Hearing Deliberate Waive Reading & consider INTRODUCING Ordinance FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The adoption of this Ordinance would not immediately impact the costs of Council salaries. Adoption would result in an increase of $20.10 per month for each Councilmember and the Mayor subsequent to the November 1994 election. DESCRIPTION: An Ordinance has been drafted in accordance with Section 2.08.020 of the Dublin Municipal Code, and pursuant to Government Code section 36516, which establishes a salary of $300 per month for city Councilmembers in cities with up to 35,000 population. section 36516(c) allows an increase in councilmember salaries, not to exceed 5% for each calendar year. The city council's last 5% annual salary adjustment was approved in calendar year 1991, and was received following the November, 1992 election. In July of 1992, the Council directed Staff to survey other cities of similar size in the Greater Bay Area to determine how compensation is handled for directly elected mayors. All. .ordinance was presented at that time for consideration to increase Council salaries by 5% for calendar year 1992 and by a consensus, the council took no action to approve an increase. section 2.08.040 AUgust of 1992. a monthly salary councilmember. was added, however, to the Dublin Municipal Code in This amendment provided that the Mayor shall receive of $100, in addition to that received as a No consideration of an increase for calendar year 1993 was considered by the Council. This Ordinance would provide for a 5% increase for calendar year 1994. However, incumbent councilmembers would not be eligible to receive the increase until after the November, 1994 election. The city Council's present monthly salary is $402.02. A 5% increase would equate to $422.12 monthly for COQncilmembers and $522.12 monthly for the Mayor.- Staff recommends that the city council conduct a public hearing and consider the introduction of the Ordinance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- COPIES TO: CITY CLERK FILE~ ITEM NO. D. 2 ~. ~ e e B ORDINANCE NO. - 94 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . AMENDING DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.08.020 AND PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: PURPOSE Ordinance No. 6-82 established salaries for members of the Council, as amended by Ordinances No. 22-85, 8-87, 4-88, 3-89, 1-90 and 6-91. The purpose of this Ordinance is to modify salaries for members of the City council in accordance with Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020, Subsection A. Section 2: AMENDMENT Section 2.08.020, Subsection A, is hereby amended by adding the following language: "The said $300 shall be increased in an amount equal to 5% of the 1991 salary for calendar year 1994." section 3: EFFECTIVE DATE No councilmember shall be eligible to receive the increase provided herein until one or more councilmember(s) begin a new term of office. Section 4: POSTING OF ORDINANCE This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. The city Clerk of the city of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at" least three (3) public places in the city of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on this ____ day of , 1994, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk