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ORDINANCE N0. 102.6
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD ESTABLISHING SALARIES FOR
CITY COUNCILMEN AND PROVIDING FOR THE RE-
IMBURSEMENT OF COUNCILMEN'S EXPENDITURES
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 36516,
the salary for Council members in the City of Lynwood
has been fixed and determined to be the sum of $200.00
per month; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Government
Code Section 36516.2, said salary may, by ordinance, be
increased by an amount equal to five percent (5%) there-
of for each calendar year from the operative date of
the last adjustment of the salary provided for Council
members; and,
WHEREAS, since the operative date of the last adjust-
ment of the salary applicable to members of the City Council,
increases in the cost of living have substantially reduced
the value of the aforesaid $200.00 per month salary; and
WHEREAS, Councilmen are frequently called upon to
bear expenses in addition to those for which they are reim-
bursed in accordance with Government Code Section 36514.5;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the salary
applicable to its members and to provide for the payment
of a fixed sum to reimburse said members for expenses,
iJOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lynwood
hereby does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with the provisions of
Government Code Section 36516.2, the salary of members
of the City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby is fixed
and determined to be the sum of $250.00 which amount is
less than an amount equal to a five percent (50) increase
for each calendar year from the operative date of the last
adjustment of such salary.
SECTION 2. In addition to the salary established by
Section 1 hereof, members of the City Council shall be re-
imbursed for expenses incurred by them in connection with
the performance of their official duties in the sum of
$ 50.00_
SECTION 3. In addition to the salary established
by Section 1 hereof, and the reimbursement for expenses
established by Section 2 hereof, City Council members may
be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their official duties to the extent
that said actual and necessary expenses exceed the amount
fixed pursuant to said Section 2.
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SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or place,
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by
the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining por-
tions of this Ordinance or its application to other persons
or places. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions, or the application thereof to any person or place,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5.
March~l 1978.
First read
said City held
finally ordered
Council held on
This Ordinance shall take effect on
at a relg7~hr meeting of the City Council of
~n the day of January 1978, and
published at a regular meeting of said
the 7th day of February 1978.
AYES: COUNCILMEN HIGGI2QS, MORRIS, ROWE.
NOES: COUNCILMEN BYORK.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN GREEPI.
Jam Ro=.,~e, Mayor, City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
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Josephine L. "Shepherd, City Clerk,
City of Lynwood
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said
City, do hereby certify that the above is a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 1026 aopted by the City
Council of the City of Lynwood, and that same was
passed on the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 10th day of February 1978
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(JOSEPHINE L. SHEPHE D
City Clerk, City of Lynwood
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