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Agenda Item - 4.a.


City of Garden Grove


INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM

To:Scott C. Stiles

From:Omar Sandoval
Dept.:City Manager 

Dept.: City Attorney 
Subject:Introduction and first reading of an ordinance adding Section 2.04.050 to the Municipal Code Adjusting and Codifying Council CompensationDate:1/25/2022
OBJECTIVE

For the City Council to consider introduction of an ordinance adjusting and codifying the compensation of the City Council.
BACKGROUND

Government Code section 36516 authorizes the City Council to establish the compensation of the members of the City Council, which includes the Mayor, by ordinance. Subdivision (a)(4) of Government section 36516 provides that the salary of council members may be increased in an amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary in effect when the ordinance is enacted. The last adjustment to Council compensation was established in 1988 pursuant to Ordinance No. 2067.
DISCUSSION

Because the Council's salary was last adjusted in 1988, the Council is authorized to adjust its compensation by increasing the current compensation by 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment to its salary.

 

The 1988 ordinance adjusting the Council's salary established it at $486.05. With the 5% per year adjustment, the increase is $826.29, which yields a total compensation amount of $1,312.34 per month for each councilmember. 

 

Prior ordinances establishing and adjusting Council compensation have been uncodified.  The attached ordinance codifies the adjusted monthly compensation into the Municipal Code. 

 

Government Code section 36516.5 provides that adjustments in compensation to the Council cannot take effect until one or more members of the council becomes eligible for a salary increase by virtue of the council member beginning a new term of office.  Consequently, the attached ordinance provides that the adjustment in Council compensation will take effect the first day of the month following the date when the term of office commences for a member of the Council elected at the November 8, 2022 general municipal elections.  It is expected that the effective date for the adjustment in compensation will be January 1, 2023.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

The Council compensation adjustment will be incorporated into the FY 2022-2023 Continuation Budget.
RECOMMENDATION

Approve and pass to second reading the attached ordinance entitled:

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE ADDING SECTION 2.04.050 TO CHAPTER 2.04 (CITY COUNCIL) OF TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL) OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE ADJUSTING AND CODIFYING THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.




ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateTypeFile Name
Ordinance Adjusting and Codifying Council Compensation1/19/2022OrdinanceGG_Ordinance_Establishing_Council_Compensation_2022.DOCX