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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-1360 ORDINANCE NO. 06-1360 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SALARY OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND AMENDING i THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE I WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Carson Municipal Code relating to the compensation paid to persons elected to serve the people of Carson as City Councilmembers; and E` WHEREAS, the Carson Governance Committee considered over the period of several months whether compensation for the Mayor and Councilmembers is adequate, and determined that increases in compensation are appropriate; and s 1 WHEREAS, this ordinance shall not take effect until after the next t municipal election, as provided in California Government Code section 36516; ' .and i WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public meeting to j consider the proposed amendment and took public comments relating to same; and WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred. x NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: i Section 1. The Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended by deleting the existing language of Section 2301 of Article II, Chapter 3, relating to City Council compensation, and replacing it with the following language, which shall read, in its entirety, as follows: "§2301 "Pursuant to Section 36516 of the Government Code of the State of California, each member of the City Council shall receive as salary I the sum of $1,722.38 per month. Such salaries shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the City." Section 2. The Office of the California Attorney General recently issued its opinion on the amount of compensation that may be paid to the Mayor and Members of the City Council (Opinion 06-504). The Attorney General has opined that compensation for members of the City Council may be increased five percent (5%) for each year since the time of the last increase. The increase is a simple, non-compounded calculation. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect April 1, 2007, or upon the certification w of election results after the March 2007 municipal election, whichever occurs later. Section 4. Until the date this ordinance takes effect, each member of the City Council shall receive as salary the sum of$1,148.25 per month. Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and shall cause the same to be posted and published in the manner required by law. I PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED thisl9th day of September, 2006. Mayor Jim Dear ATTEST: City Clerk Helen S. K wag I APPROVED A TO FORM: ; City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF CARSON ) I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 06-1360 passed first reading on September 5, 2006, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 19th day of September, 2006, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote: 1 AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Dear, Ruiz-Raber, and Williams i NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Santarina and Gipson I ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None r r City Clerk, City of tarson California 2 w