HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1202-1997ORDINANCE NO. 1202-97
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 2.12 AND ADDING A NEW
CHAPTER 2.12 TO THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 COMPENSATION
Chapter ~.12 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code is hereby
repealed and readopted to read as follows:
"Chapter 2.12 City Council Compensation.
2.12.010 Purpose of Provisions
The ordinance codified in this chapter is enacted pursuant to Section
36516 of the Government Code, as amended, authorizing the council to
provide by ordinance that each member of the council shall receive a
prescribed salary, the amount of which is based upon the population of
the city as determined by estimates made by the State Department of
Finance, and prescribing the methods by which council salaries may be
increased or decreased in the future.
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.
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
2.12.030, the salary payable to each member of the Council
may be increased or decreased by resolution of the City
Council to equal the sum prescribed for that population
group in Section 36516 of the Government code as amended.
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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(c) and as
approved by City Council resolution.
c. In accordance with Government Code Sections 36516(b), by a
majority of the electors voting at any municipal election.
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.
2.12.040 Reimbursement
The salaries prescribed in this chapter are and shall be exclusive of
any amounts payable to each member of the council as reimbursement for
actual and necessary expenses incurred by him or her in the performance
of official duties for the city.
2.12.050 Operative Date
The ordinance codified in this chapter shall become operative only on
and after the date upon which one or more members of the council of the
city becomes eligible for the salary prescribed in this section by
virtue of beginning a new term of office following the general municipal
election next succeeding its effective date, and prior to said operative
date, councilmembers' salaries shall be five hundred dollars per month."
SECTION 2 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.
SECTION 3 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 Mateo Times, 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.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South
San Francisco, held the 9th day of April , 1997.
Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South Francisco at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, held the 23rd
day of April , 1997, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Jim Datzman, Eugene R. Mullin, John R. Penna,
Robert Yee and~Ma~vor~,~oseph_~..Ferne~e~-
None
None
None
ATTEST: City Clerk~
As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the
foregoing Ordinance this 23rd day of April , 1997.
Mayor