HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-08-16; City Council; CS-429; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.04 BY ADDING SECTION 2.04.025 REGARDING BENEFITS FOR ELEC...ORDINANCE NO. CS-429
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.04 BY
ADDING SECTION 2.04.025 REGARDING BENEFITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad provides its elected officials with the same benefit programs
available to unrepresented management employees for retirement, health and welfare; and
WHEREAS, these benefit programs were first made available to elected officials when the city
was a general law city subject to the provisions of the California Government Code regarding
compensation and benefits for elected officials including California Government Code Section 36516,
subdivision(d); and
WHEREAS, the voters of the City of Carlsbad at the June 3, 2008, election voted to change the
powers and duties of the City of Carlsbad by adopting a City Charter; and
WHEREAS, under the California Constitution, the City Council has plenary authority to legislate
matters of local concern notwithstanding general laws to the contrary; and
WHEREAS, the compensation and benefits of elected officials in the City of Carlsbad is a matter
of local concern;and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify the types of benefit programs available to the city's
elected officials and whether the amounts paid for those benefits are included for purposes of
determining the salary of elected officials.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows that:
1.The above recitations are true and correct.
2.Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.04 is amended by the addition of Section 2.04.025
to read as follows:
2.04.025 Benefits -Elected officials.
The city shall make available to each elected official the same benefit programs available
to unrepresented management employees for retirement, health and welfare. Amounts
provided to elected officials for retirement, health and welfare, or payments made to
elected officials in lieu of receiving such benefits, shall not be included for purposes of
determining compensation under Sections 2.04.010 or 2.04.020.
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 26th
day of :!..l!!y, 2022, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 16th day of August, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby.
None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
-rvFAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)