HomeMy Public PortalAboutCity Council_Ordinance No. 22-1065_City Council CompensationORDINANCE NO. 22-1065
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
2-1-2 "EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION" OF
CHAPTER 1 "CITY COUNCIL" OF TITLE 2
"ADMINISTRATION" OF THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL
CODE.
WHEREAS, Section 605 "Compensation of Council Members" of the City
Charter permits Councilmembers to receive compensation for their service, as
provided by general law; and,
WHEREAS, Sections 36516 and 36516. 5 of the California Government
Code permit Councilmembers to be paid a monthly salary for their service in
accordance with those provisions; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 12-954 the monthly salary for
Councilmembers was last adjusted ten (10) years ago to $720 per month; and,
WHEREAS, the provisions of the Government Code permit an increase in
the monthly City Council salary by an amount equal to five percent ( 5%) multiplied by
the number of years since the last adjustment, the Council salary may be adjusted by
50% (i.e., an increase of $360 per month) to a new salary of $1,080 per month; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 36516. 5, any increase
in City Council salary will take place upon the seating of a new Councilmember or the
reelection of an existing Councilmember to a new term in March of 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment of Section 2-1-2 of the Temple City
Municipal Code. The City Council hereby amends Section 2.1-2 "Expenses and
Compensation" of Chapter 1 "City Council" of Title 2 "Administration" of the Temple
City Municipal Code, which shall read as follows:
"2-1-2 EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION
Upon the submission of an itemized account any
Councilmember may be reimbursed for the member's actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duty.
Pursuant to Section 36516 of the Government Code of the State of
California, each member of the city council shall receive as salary the
sum of one thousand eighty dollars ($1,080) per month, with such
adjustments as may be permitted from time to time by State law.
Such salaries shall be payable in the same manner and with the
similar fringe benefits as are paid to other employees of the city."
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SECTION 2. Severability. The City Council hereby declares that, should any
provision, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance, or any part thereof, be rendered or declared invalid or unconstitutional by
any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any
preemptive legislation, such decision or action shall not affect the validity of the
remaining section or portions of the Ordinance or part thereof. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have independently adopted the remaining provisions,
sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of this
Ordinance irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, sections,
subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words may be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause the same
to be published according to law.
INTRODUCED this 2nd day of August, 2022. PASSED, APPROVED, AND
ADOPTED this 16th day of August, 2022.
ATTEST:
Peggy Kuvo, City Clerk
Cy thia Sternquist, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I, Peggy Kuo, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 22-1065 was introduced at the regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Temple City held on the 2nd day of August 2022, and was
duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council at the regular meeting held
on the 16th day of August, 2022 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember - Chavez, Vizcarra, Yu, Man, Sternquist
NOES: Councilmember - None
ABSENT: Councilmember - None
ABSTAIN: Councilmember - None
Peggy Ku d OTty Clerk