HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-08-25; City Council; ; Waiver of Adjustments to City Council Compensation for 2019 and 2020 Meeting Date: August 25, 2020
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Celia A. Brewer, City Attorney
Staff Contact: Cindie K. McMahon, Assistant City Attorney
cindie.mcmahon@carlsbadca.gov or 760-434-2891
Subject: Waiver of Adjustments to City Council Compensation for 2019 and 2020
Recommended Action
Introduce an ordinance permanently waiving any adjustments to City Council compensation for
2019 and 2020.
Executive Summary/Discussion
On September 25, 2018, the City Council adopted an ordinance amending Carlsbad Municipal
Code Section 2.04.010 relating to City Council compensation. Section 2.04.010(A) requires that,
in January of each year, the City Council consider whether to adjust its compensation up to the
amount established by the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index or to permanently waive
an adjustment.
The question of adjusting City Council compensation was not presented to the City Council in
either January 2019 or January 2020. The question was belatedly presented to the City Council
at its July 14, 2020 meeting and the City Council voted unanimously to permanently waive
compensation adjustments for those two years. Municipal Code Section 2.04.010(A) requires
the waiver to be made by ordinance.
Fiscal Analysis
None.
Next Steps
The city clerk will prepare the ordinance for adoption at the next regular council meeting. Once
adopted, the city clerk will publish the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance in a newspaper
of general circulation within 15 days. The ordinance will be effective 30 days following its
adoption.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
This action 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 and therefore does not require environmental review.
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Public Notification and Outreach
Public notice of this item was posted in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was
available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. Ordinance
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Exhibit 1
ORDINANCE NO. CS-380
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, PERMANENTLY WAIVING CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION
ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2019 AND 2020
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.04.010 requires any adjustment in City Council
compensation be made or permanently waived by ordinance in January of each year; and
WHEREAS, the issue of City Council compensation was not presented to the City Council in
either January of 2019 or January of 2020; and
WHEREAS, at this time the City Council wishes to permanently waive any adjustment to the
compensation of City Council members for January 2019 and January 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The City Council waives any adjustments to the compensation of City Council members
for January 2019 or January 2020.
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 25th
day of August, 2020, and thereafter
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Exhibit 1
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the day of , 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney
MATT HALL, Mayor
BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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