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Ordinance: ORD 1536-2017
File Number: 17-485 Enactment Number: ORD 1536-2017
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.12 OF THE SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR A SALARY
INCREASE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1202, adopted in 1997,provided for a salary of$500 per month for members
of City Council pursuant to Government Code Section 36516; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36516(c) provides for a five percent (5%) increase in salary per
calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment in salary; and
WHEREAS,Government Code Section 36516.5 states that a salary increase cannot become effective until
at least one councilmember begins a new term of office; and
WHEREAS, Councilmembers have not received a salary increase from the $500 per month salary
provided for in Ordinance No. 1202; and
WHEREAS, Councilmembers are up for election in November of 2018; and
WHEREAS,the City Council desires to increase councilmembers'salaries as provided for in Government
Code Sections 36516(c) and 36516.5.
NOW THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. RECITALS
The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference into this ordinance and made a
part hereof.
Section 2. COUNCILMEMBER SALARY INCREASE
Pursuant to Government Code Sections 36516(c)and 36516.5,members of the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco shall receive a total salary of $1,000 per month beginning on the date
councilmembers are sworn into office in December 2018 following certification of the November 2018
election.
Section 3. AMENDMENTS
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Chapter 2.12 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows. Any Sections or portions of Chapter 2.12 that are not amended by this Ordinance are
not included below, and shall remain in full force and effect.
Revise Section 2.12.020 "Salaries" as follows:
2.12.020 Salaries.
Each member of the city council of the city shall receive as salary the following:
(a)The sum of five hundred dollars per month,as prescribed in said Section 36516 of the Government
Code for cities over fifty thousand up to and including seventy-five thousand in population,which shall be
payable at the same time and in the same manner as salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the
city.
(b) The city council salary shall be increased to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month for all
members of the City Council at such time as one or more members become eligible for a salary increase by
virtue of beginning a new term of office after the November 2018 general election, pursuant to
Government Code Section 36516.5.
B. Revise Section 2.12.030 "Increase or Decrease" as follows:
2.12.030 Increase or decrease.
The salaries provided in this chapter may be increased or decreased as follows:
(a) Following any new and later estimate of population made by the Department of Finance, placing
the city in a population group other than that set forth in Section 2.12.020, the salary payable to each
member of the council may be increased or decreased by ordinance of the city council to equal the sum
prescribed for that population group in Section 36516 of the Government code,as amended.
(b) An amount equal to five percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last
adjustment of the salaries in effect, in accordance with Government Code Section 36516-and as approved
by city council ordinance.
(c) In accordance with Government Code Sections 36516, by a majority of the electors voting at any
municipal election.
(d) The salaries as so increased or decreased shall become payable only on and after the date upon
which one or more members of the council becomes eligible therefor by virtue of beginning a new term of
office following a general municipal election held in the city.
Section 4. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be published once,with the names of those City Councilmembers voting for
or against it, in the San Francisco Examiner, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of South San
Francisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty(30) days from and after its adoption.
Section 5. SEVERABILITY
In the event any section or portion of this ordinance shall be determined invalid or
unconstitutional, such section or portion shall be deemed severable and all other sections or portions
hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
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File Number: 17-485 Enactment Number: ORD 1536-2017
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco,held the 26th day of
April, 2017.
At a meeting of the City Council on 5/10/2017, a motion was made by Mark Addiego, seconded by
Richard Garbarino, that this Ordinance be adopted. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Vice Mayor Normandy, Councilmember Garbarino, Councilmember
Matsumoto, Mayor Gupta, and Councilmember Addiego
Attest by
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Gabrie Ferdrigu-e
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Pradeep Gupta
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