HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-01-28; City Council; 06; Adoption of Ordinance Nos. CS-482 & CS-483 Annual Elected Officials’ Compensation ReviewCA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Jan. 28, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager
Staff Contact: Faviola Medina, City Clerk Services Director
faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5989
Subject: Adoption of Ordinance Nos. CS-482 & CS-483 Annual Elected Officials’
Compensation Review
Districts: All
Recommended Actions
1.Adopt Ordinance No. CS-482 amending Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.010(A), to
adjust City Council members’ compensation by the percentage increase in the San Diego
Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024.
2.Adopt Ordinance No. CS-483 amending Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.020(A), to
adjust the City Clerk and City Treasurer’s compensation by the percentage increase in
the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024.
Executive Summary
The recommended actions adopt ordinances to adjust the compensation for City Council
members, the City Clerk and City Treasurer by the percentage increase in the San Diego
Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024, as required each year by the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
Explanation & Analysis
Ordinance No. CS-482 and Ordinance No. CS-483 were introduced and first read at the City
Council meeting held on Jan. 14, 2025.
On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member Acosta, the City
Council voted 3-2 (Blackburn, Burkholder – No) to introduce Ordinance No. CS-482 amending
Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.010(A), to adjust City Council members’ compensation by the
percentage increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024.
On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member Acosta, the City
Council voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. CS-483 amending Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section
2.04.020(A), to adjust the City Clerk and City Treasurer’s compensation by the percentage
increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024.
This second reading allows the City Council to adopt the ordinances.
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Fiscal Analysis
The full fiscal impact for the increase in City Council compensation, including the impact to
benefits, is approximately $4,200. The full fiscal impact for the increase in City Clerk and City
Treasurer compensation, including the impact to benefits, is approximately $1,000. There is
sufficient funding in the General Fund budget for fiscal year 2024-25 to absorb the proposed
increase.
Next Steps
The City Clerk’s Office will have the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, published in a
newspaper of general circulation within 15 days following adoption of the ordinance. The
ordinance will be effective 30 days after its adoption.
Environmental Evaluation
The recommended action does not require environmental review because it does not
constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under
California Public Resources Code Section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a
direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment.
Exhibits
1. Ordinance No. CS-482
2. Ordinance No. CS-483
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-482
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.04, SECTION 2.04.0lO(A), TO
ADJUST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' COMPENSATION BY THE PERCENTAGE
INCREASE IN THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR 2024
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2020, the voters of the City of Carlsbad, California, approved
Measure G, adopting Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.0l0(A) of the Carlsbad Municipal Code, which
prohibits City Council compensation adjustments from exceeding the amount established by the San
Diego Regional Consumer Price Index, requires the City Council to either make or waive a compensation
adjustment in January of each year, and prohibits the City Council from enacting retroactive increases
for years in which the City Council waived a compensation adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024
was 2.6%; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of City Council members by the
percentage increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the first sentence of Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.0l0(A) is amended to read:
2.04.010 Compensation-Mayor and city council.
A. The monthly compensation of city council members is increased from $2,354.75 to
$2,415.97.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City
Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary
of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 14th
day of January 2025, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 28th day of January 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, SHIN.
BLACKBURN, BURKHOLDER.
NONE.
NONE.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. CS-483
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.04, SECTION 2.04.020(A), TO
ADJUST THE CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER'S COMPENSATION BY THE
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX FOR 2024
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2022, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, adopted
Ordinance No. CS-435, which prohibits City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation adjustments from
exceeding the amount established by the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index, requires the City
Council to determine whether to approve City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation adjustments in
January of each year, and prohibits the enactment of retroactive increases for years in which the City
Council did not approve compensation adjustments; and
WHEREAS, the increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2024
was 2.6%; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of the City Clerk and City
Treasurer by the percentage increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for
2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the first sentence of Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.020(A) is amended to read:
2.04.020 Compensation-City clerk and city treasurer.
A. The compensation of the city clerk and city treasurer is increased from $1,187.36 to
$1,218.23 per month, payable biweekly.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City
Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary
of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 14th
day of January 2025, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 28th day of January 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, SHIN.
NONE.
ABSTAIN: NONE.
ABSENT: NONE.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITH BLAC RN, Mayor