HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-09 Adopting Increase in Salary for Members of City CouncilORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING INCREASE IN
SALARY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
-SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds
and declares as follows:
1. The salary to be paid to city council members of general law
cities is governed by California Government Code §36516 and is based
upon what the population of a city is.
2. Beginning in the year 1972 when the 75,000 population milestone
was passed, the salary for each City Council member was set by law at
$300 per month.
3. Pursuant to California Government Code §36516.2 the City
Council may authorize an increase in the $300 per month salary by an
amount not to exceed five percent (5%) for each calendar year from the
operative date of the last salary adjustment.
4. The monthly salary was adjusted to $347.29 effective May 1,
1974, and to $364.65 beginning with the month of May 1975.
5. The City Council has not had an increase in salary since 1975,
a period of seven years even though inflation and the cost of living
over that same period have increased greatly.
6. Notwithstanding that under Government Code §36516.2 the monthly
salary could be increased by approximately thirty-five percent (35%)
(a rate of five percent for each calendar year since May 1975, the
time of their last pay increase), the Council now desires to increase
their salaries by an amount equal to only five percent (5%) of their
1975 salary.
7. A salary increase becomes effective for all council members when
a new term of office begins for any duly elected council member.
Accordingly; Section 2-21 of Title 2, Chapter II, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
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"Section 2-21. Salaries.
Each member of the Council shall be paid a salary of $300.
per month for serving on the Council until the beginning
of a new term of office by any incumbent or newly elected
member of the Council following the 1974 Municipal Election.
Ccnmencing at the beginning of any such new terns of office;
each of the five (5) members of the Council shall be paid
a salary of $347.29 per month for serving on the Council
beginning for the month of May, 1974; said salary shall be'
increased five percent (5%), to $364.65 per month, begin-
ning for the month of May, 1975; and said salary shall be
increased five percent (5%), to $382.88 per month, begin-
ning for the month of December, 1982."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and.be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published
once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT; a newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative,
the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and
a certified coy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the
office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption
of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the
City Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and
shall post in the office of the CityClerk a certified copy of this
Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City Council
voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa sa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF OOSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Ordinance No. &-9 was introduced and considered section by
section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the X
LAtday
of , 1982, and thereafter passed and adopted as a`whole
at a ular meeting of said City Council held on the iaNw day of
1982, by the following roll call vote:
ZM: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereu set my h d affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa thisday of ,;1982.
Cit Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of e
- City Council of the City of Costa sa
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