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Home My WebLink About4.6 - First Reading of Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020 Page 1 of 2 STAFF REPORT CITY COUNCIL DATE: July 21, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Linda Smith, City Manager SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020 and Providing for an Increase in the Salary for Members of the City Council Prepared by: Marsha Moore, MMC, City Clerk EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The City Council will introduce an ordinance revising the Dublin Municipal Code to provide for a salary adjustment for City Councilmembers follow ing certification of the November 2020 General Municipal election. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Waive the reading and INTRODUCE the Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020 and Providing for an Increase in the Salary for Members of the City Council. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Sufficient funds are included in the Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget to cover the increase. DESCRIPTION: Chapter 2.08.020 of the Dublin Municipal code establishes the salaries for City Councilmembers (Attachment 1). The City Council last adjusted salaries for City Councilmembers in December 2018, which was effective after the November 2018 election (Attachment 2). City Councilmembers currently receive $1,211.33 per month as compensation. Dublin Municipal Code section 2.08.040 provid es an additional $100 per month to the Mayor in addition to the salary he/she receives as a Councilmember. The Mayor’s current salary is $1,311.33. At the February 4, 2020 meeting, the City Council approved a salary increase for City Councilmembers equal to 5% per year since its last increase in December 2018, as allowed by Government Code Section 36516(a)(4). With the approved increase, City Councilmembers will receive $1,335.49 per month, with the Mayor receiving $100 more per month, or $1,435.49. Page 2 of 2 In accordance with Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020(B) and Government Code Section 36516.5, the salary adjustment will not become effective until new City Councilmembers are sworn into office following certification of the November 2020 General Municipal Election. STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE: None. NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH: None. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Dublin Municipal Code Chapter 2.08 2. Ordinance 07-18 Adopted September 18, 2018 3. Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020 and Providing for an Increase in the Salary for Members of the City Council Chapter 2.08 CITY COUNCIL Sections: 2.08.010 Meeting place designated. 2.08.020 Salary for member s established. 2.08.030 Election of Mayor and Councilmembers—Ter m of office. 2.08.040 Mayor’s salary. 2.08.050 Term limits. 2.08.010 Meeting place designated. A. The City Counc il will hold all regular meetings in the Council Chambers at the Dublin Civ ic Center, located at 100 Civ ic Plaz a, in the c ity. B. If the regular meeting place is unable to acc ommodate the number of pers ons in attendanc e, the City Council may recess the meeting to another plac e. If the City Council antic ipates that the regular meeting place will be inadequate, the City Council, or Mayor in the ev ent of an emergency, may order that the meeting be held in another plac e. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 14-89 §§ 1, 2) 2.08.020 Salary for members established. A. Pursuant to Sec tion 36516 of the Government Code whic h prov ides that a City Council may enact an ordinance providing that eac h member of the City Council shall receive a salary which shall be determined by a schedule of population for cities, the members of the City Council shall receiv e a salary of one thous and two hundred eleven dollars and thirty-three c ents ($1,211.33) per month. B. No Counc ilmember shall be eligible to receive the inc rease prov ided herein until one (1) or more Councilmembers begin a new term of offic e. (Ord. 7-18 § 2; Ord. 10-16 § 2; Ord. 2-12 § 2; Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 5-08 § 2; Ord. 3-06 § 2; Ord. 7-04 § 2; Ord. 7-02 § 2; Ord. 23-99 § 2; Ord. 6-91 § 2; Ord. 1-90 § 2; Ord. 3-89 §§ 2, 3: Ord. 4-88 §§ 2, 3: Ord. 8-87 §§ 3, 4: Ord. 22-85 § 3: Ord. 6, 1982) 2.08.030 Election of Mayor and Councilmembers—Term of office. A. The electors shall hereafter elec t a Mayor and four (4) City Counc ilmembers . B. The term of office of the Mayor s hall be two (2) y ears. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 11-92 §§ 1, 2) 2.08.040 Mayor ’s salary. The Mayor shall receiv e a monthly salary of one hundred dollars ($100), in addition to that whic h he/s he receives The Dublin Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 3-20, passed April 7, 2020. Dublin Municipal C ode Chapter 2.08 C ITY COUNC IL Page 1 of 2 as a Councilmember. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 13-92 § 2) 2.08.050 Term limits. No pers on s hall s erve as Councilmember for more than two (2) consec utive terms, nor shall any pers on s erve as May or for more than four (4) c onsec utiv e terms . In addition: (A) no person who has serv ed as a Councilmember for one (1) term shall serv e more than two (2) terms as Mayor if the terms as Counc ilmember and Mayor are consec utiv e; (B) no person who has serv ed as Councilmember for two (2) consec utive terms shall s erve a c ons ecutiv e term as Mayor; (C) no person who has served as Mayor for three (3) or four (4) cons ecutive terms s hall s erve a consec utiv e term as a Councilmember; (D) no pers on who has serv ed as May or for two (2) c ons ecutiv e terms shall serv e more than one (1) suc c eeding c onsecutiv e term as Councilmember; (E) no person who has serv ed c ons ecutive terms as Mayor and Counc ilmember shall serve more than one (1) more consec utive term as May or; and (F) no pers on who has s erved consec utive terms as May or and Councilmember s hall s erve another c ons ecutiv e term as Counc ilmember. As used herein, a person shall be cons idered to hav e s erved a term of office as a Councilmember if s uch pers on has served as a Councilmember for two (2) y ears plus one (1) day and a pers on shall be c ons idered to hav e serv ed a term of office as May or if such pers on has served as Mayor for one (1) year plus one (1) day. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 18-96 § 1) The Dublin Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 3-20, passed April 7, 2020. Dublin Municipal C ode Chapter 2.08 C ITY COUNC IL Page 2 of 2 ORDINANCE NO. 07 — 18 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY. COUNCIL 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 City Council, as amended by Ordinances No. 22-85, 8-87, 4-88, 3-89, 1-90, 6-91, 23-99, 7-02, 7-04, 3-06, 5-08, 2-12 and 10-16. The purpose of this Ordinance is to modify salaries for members of the City Council in accordance with Government Code Section 36516. The salary increase shall become effective when new Councilmembers are sworn into office following the certification of the November 2018 General Municipal Election. Section 2: AMENDMENT OF MUNICIPAL CODE Section 2.08.020, Subsection A of the Dublin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Pursuant to Section 36516 of the Government Code which provides that a City Council may enact an ordinance providing that each member of the City Council shall receive a salary which shall be determined by a schedule of population for cities, the members of the City Council shall receive a salary of one thousand two hundred eleven dollars and thirty-three cents ($1,211.33) per month. Section 3: EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after the date of the 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 this 18th day of September 2018, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Goel, Gupta, Hernandez, Thalblum and Mayor Haubert NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Ma or ATTEST: City Clerk Ord No. 07-18, Adopted 9/18/2018, Item No. 4.10 Page 1 of 1 Ord No. xx-20, Adopted xx/xx/xxxx, Item No. Page 1 of 1 ORDINANCE NO. xx – 20 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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 City Council, as amended by Ordinances No. 22-85, 8-87, 4-88, 3-89, 1-90, 6-91, 23-99, 7-02, 7-04, 3-06, 5-08, 2-12, 10-16 and 07- 18. The purpose of this Ordinance is to modify salaries for members of the City Council in accordance with the annual cost-of-living adjustment authorized by Government Code Section 36516. The salary increase shall become effective when new Councilmembers are sworn into office following the certification of the November 2020 General Municipal Election and is payable at the same time and in the same manner as the salary paid to the officers and employees of the City. The increase in the salary from $1,211.33 a month to $1,335.49 a month amounts to an increase equal to 5% for each calendar year from December 2018 as authorized by Section 36516. Section 2: AMENDMENT OF MUNICIPAL CODE Section 2.08.020, Subsection A of the Dublin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Pursuant to Section 36516 of the Government Code which provides that a City Council may enact an ordinance providing that each member of the City Council shall receive a salary which shall be determined by a schedule of population for cities, the members of the City Council shall receive a salary of one thousand three hundred thirty-five dollars and forty-nine cents ($1,335.49) per month. Section 3: EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after the date of the passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least thr ee (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 this 18th day of August 2020, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ______________________________ Mayor ATTEST: Ord No. xx-20, Adopted xx/xx/xxxx, Item No. Page 2 of 1 _________________________________ City Clerk 3551764.1