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AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by : Councilmember Boyer
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
DATE: February 24, 1998
SUBJECT: COUNCILMEMBER COMPENSATION
DEPARTMENT: City Council
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt Ordinance No. 98-1, concerning Council Compensation.
BACKGROUND
At the meeting of February 10, 1998, Council re -introduced Ordinance 98-1, Council
Compensation.
The members of the Santa Clarita City Council are compensated monthly by the City for the
substantial amount of time and effort they contribute leading our local government.. Each
Councilmember makes personal and financial sacrifices in order to fulfill the responsibilities
associated with their jobs. The last City Council compensation adjustment took place 16 months ago
on July 1, 1996.
Government Code Section 36516(c) sets forth basic provisions which allow regular adjustments to
City Council compensation. Government Code Section 36515.5 requires that Council compensation
adjustments be adopted by the present Council, to be effective for future Councils. This proposed
adjustment presents a reasonable manner in which to assure the fair and equitable compensation of
Councilmembers of future City Councils. The recommended increase in Council Compensation is
10% as set forth by Government Code Section 36516(c). The proposed adjustment is as follows:
Current Compensation Proposed Compensation (07/01/98)
$875.16 $964.87
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed increase of $89.71 a month represents an approximate annual increase of $5,400.00
in salary and salary based benefits and taxes. In the current fiscal year it.represents no budget
increase.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance #98-1
jroney/a1enda98.pg2
ORDINANCE NO. 98-1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA
INCREASING COUNCILMEMBER SALARIES
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36516
WHEREAS, on February 11, 1988, the City of Santa Clarita adopted Ordinance No. 88-8
establishing a salary for members of the City Council of $600.00 per month, pursuant to the schedule
of salaries set forth in Government Code Section 36516; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36516 (c) provides for Councilmember salaries to
be increased by an amount not to exceed an amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from
the operative date of the last adjustment salary; and
WHEREAS, the operative date of the last Councilmember salary adjustment was July 1,
1996, pursuant to Ordinance 96-11 adopted February 27, 1996.
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36515.5 sets forth a prohibition against change in
compensation during the term of office except that adjustment of the compensation of all members
of a council serving staggered terms is permitted whenever one or more members of such council
becomes eligible for a salary increase by virtue of beginning a new term of office.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita,
California, does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The compensation for City Councilmembers shall be increased as provided for
in Government Code Section 36516 (c) to the amount of $964.87 per month. Such compensation
shall be payable on a monthly basis and in the same manner as salaries are paid to other officers and
employees of the City of Santa Clarita.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective July 1, 1998.
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 96-I1 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular
meeting held on the day of 1998.
Mayor
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 98-1 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the day of 1997. That thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the _ day of
1998, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS
City Clerk
jroney/ord98-1.wpd
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 24, 1998, the City Council of the City of
Santa Clarita adopted Ordinance 98-1 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA INCREASING COUNCILMEMBER SALARIES PURSUANT TO
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36516
by the following vote:
AYES:
Darcy, Smyth, Boyer, Majic, Heidt
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
A certified copy of the complete text of the ordinance is posted and may be read in the City
Clerk's Office, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 301, Santa Clarita, and/or a copy may be
obtained from that office.
Dated this 26th day. of February, 1998.
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
Sharon L. Dawson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the duly
appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita and that by Thursday,
February 26, 1998, she caused a certified copy of the subject ordinance to be posted and
made available for public review in the City Clerk's office and a copy of the ordinance
summary to be published as required by law.
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa-Clarita