HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-08-16; City Council; ; Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-429 – Benefits for Elected OfficialsCA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Aug. 16, 2022
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Ana Marie Alarcon, Deputy City Clerk
ana.alarcon@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2809
Subject: Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-429 – Benefits for Elected Officials
Districts: All
Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-429 amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.04 by adding
Section 2.04.025 regarding benefits for elected officials.
Executive Summary/Discussion
Ordinance No. CS-429 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on July 26,
2022. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Blackburn, seconded by Council Member Bhat-Patel, the
City Council voted 5-0, to introduce Ordinance No. CS-429. The second reading allows the City
Council to adopt the ordinance, which will become effective 30 days after its adoption.
Fiscal Analysis
No additional appropriations in fiscal year 2022-23 are being requested to fund elected officials’
benefits. Funding for elected officials’ benefits for future fiscal years will be incorporated into
future operating budgets.
Next Steps
The City Clerk Services Manager 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.
Environmental Evaluation
This action does not constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental
Quality Act under California Public Resources Code Section 21065. It has no potential to cause
either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibit
1.Ordinance No. CS-429
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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.
Exhibit 1
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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)
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