HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-01-28; City Council; 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 C...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