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Agenda Item 7.1
DATE:April 5, 2022
TO:Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:Linda Smith, City Manager
SUBJECT:First Reading of Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Sections2.08.020 and 2.08.040 and Providing for an Increase for in Salary forMembers of the City Council and the MayorPreparedby:Linda Smith,City Manager and 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 and the Mayor following certification of the November 2022 General Municipal Election.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:Waive the reading and INTRODUCE the Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Sections 2.08.020 and 2.08.040 Providing for an Increase in the Salary for Members of the City Council and Mayor.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:Sufficient funds are included in the Fiscal Year 2022-23 and 2023-24 budgets to cover the increase.
DESCRIPTION:Chapter 2.08.020 of the Dublin Municipal Code establishes the salaries for City Councilmembers. The City Council last adjusted salaries for City Councilmembers in December 2020, which was effective after the November 2020 election. City Councilmembers currently receive $1,285.10 per month as compensation. Dublin Municipal Code Chapter 2.08.040 provides an additional $100 per month to the Mayor in addition to the salary received as a Councilmember. The Mayor’s currently salary is $1,385.10. At the March 1, 2022 meeting, the City Council agreed to a salary increase for City
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Councilmembers equal to 5% per year since its last increase in December 2020, as allowed by Government Code Section 36516(a)(4). With the increase, City Councilmembers will receive $1,416.82 per month. The City Council also agreed to a salary increase for the Mayor. During the meeting, the City Council discussed the Mayor’s differential be increased by $50, to $150 per month, with the caveat that the Staff will review and return with comparison of differentials for mayors locally. In accordance with Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020B and State Law, the increase would not become effective until newly elected Councilmembers are sworn into office following certification of the November 2022 election.Government Code Section 36516.1 provides for an elected mayor to be provided with compensation in addition to that which is received as a councilmember. It does not state that the additional compensation for an elected mayor must be delayed until after a new mayor’s term starts. The City Council could allow the additional salary received for being mayor become effective immediately.Comparison of Mayor SalariesAt the March meeting, the City Council asked Staff to look at the differentials in the mayor salariesat surrounding jurisdictions. Staff collected data from all Alameda County cities, excluding Oakland and Berkeley due to their salary and staffing structures. Alameda County cities were selected as these communities are part of the same jurisdiction/boundary and work closely with one another on items of mutual interest. In summary, the Dublin mayor has the second lowest differential along with the City of Pleasanton at $100. On average with cities that have directly elected mayors, the salary differential is approximately $1,000. Staff also looked at general law cities versus charter cities. General law cities pay, on average, $760 more to their mayors, whereas charter cities pay, on average, $1,250 more in differential pay.
City CC Members Mayor DifferentialAlameda$50.00 $50.00 $ - Albany $300.00 n/a n/aEmeryville$1,157.00 n/a n/aFremont$2,119.00 $3,764.52 $1,645.52 Hayward $2,081.25 $3,330.00 $1,248.75 Livermore $1,070.00 $1,490.00 $420.00 Newark $1,247.00 $2,727.00 $1,480.00 Pleasanton $1,201.00 $1,301.00 $100.00 San Leandro $1,272.75 $3,780.00 $2,507.25 Union City $1,625.00 $2,437.00 $812.00 Dublin $1,285.00 $1,385.00 $100.00
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Average Salary with Directly Elected Mayors:$1,370.75 $2,397.44 $1,026.69 Average Salary (General Law)$1,424.50 $2,184.09 $759.59 Average Salary (Charter)$1,134.67 $2,386.67 $1,252.00
Should the City Council wish to make any adjustments to the mayor pay differential as a result of this research, the changes could be incorporated into tonight’s introduction of the ordinance.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:None.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:The City Council Agenda was posted.
ATTACHMENTS:1) Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Sections 2.08.020 and 2.08.040 and Providing for an Increase in the Salary for Members of the City Council and the Mayor2) Dublin Municipal Code Chapter 2.08
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Ord No XX-22, Item No. X.X Adopted XX/XX/XXXX Page 1 of 2
ORDINANCE NO. xx – 22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 2.08.020 AND 2.08.040
AND PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY
FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR
WHEREAS,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, 07-18, and 10-20; and
WHEREAS,Government Code Section 36516(a) allows a general law city to provide a salary to
City Councilmembers. The salary increase shall become effective when new Councilmembers are
sworn into office following the certification of the November 2022 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; and
WHEREAS,the increase in the salary from $1,285.10 a month to $1,416.82 a month amounts
to an increase equal to 5% for each calendar year from December 2020 as authorized by Section
36516; and
WHEREAS,Ordinance No. 13-92 established a salary for the Elected Office of Mayor; and
WHEREAS,Government Code Section 36516.1 provides that a directly elected Mayor may be
compensated in addition to that compensation received as a Councilmember.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 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 four hundred sixteen dollars and eighty-two cents ($1,416.82) per month.
Section 2.Chapter 2.08.040 of the Dublin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Mayor shall receive a monthly salary of one hundred fifty dollars ($150), in addition to that which
he/she receives as a Councilmember.
Section 3. Effective Date.These salary increases shall become effective when new
Councilmembers and Mayor are sworn into office following the certification of the November 2022
General Municipal Election.
Section 4: 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.
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Ord No XX-22, Item No. X.X Adopted XX/XX/XXXX Page 2 of 2
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ______ 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Chapter 2.08
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Sections:
2.08.010 Meeting place designated.
2.08.020 Salary for members established.
2.08.030 Election of Mayor and Councilmembers—Term of office.
2.08.040 Mayor’s salary.
2.08.050 Term limits.
2.08.010 Meeting place designated.
A. The City Council will hold all regular meetings in the Council Chambers at the Dublin Civic Center, located
at 100 Civic Plaza, in the city.
B. If the regular meeting place is unable to accommodate the number of persons in attendance, the City
Council may recess the meeting to another place. If the City Council anticipates that the regular meeting place
will be inadequate, the City Council, or Mayor in the event of an emergency, may order that the meeting be held
in another place. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 14-89 §§ 1, 2)
2.08.020 Salary for members established.
A. 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 eighty-five dollars and ten cents ($1,285.10) per month.
B. No Councilmember shall be eligible to receive the increase provided herein until one (1) or more
Councilmembers begin a new term of office. (Ord. 10-20 § 2; 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 elect a Mayor and four (4) City Councilmembers.
B. The term of office of the Mayor shall be two (2) years. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 11-92 §§ 1, 2)
2.08.040 Mayor’s salary.
The Mayor shall receive a monthly salary of one hundred dollars ($100), in addition to that which he/she receives
The Dublin Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 10-21, passed December 7, 2021.
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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 10-21, passed December 7, 2021.
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