HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-10-18; City Council; ; Adoption of Ordinance CS-435 Regarding Compensation for the City Clerk and City TreasurerCA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Oct. 18, 2022
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Faviola Medina, City Clerk Services Manager
Faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5989
Subject: Adoption of Ordinance CS-435 Regarding Compensation for the City Clerk
and City Treasurer
District: All
Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance CS-435 creating an annual process for the City Council to consider adjusting
the salaries paid to the elected City Clerk and City Treasurer.
Executive Summary
The compensation for the elected City Clerk and City Treasurer positions is set by Carlsbad
Municipal Code Section 2.04.020 and is currently $1,070 per month. No adjustments have been
made to the salaries since 2007. The proposed ordinance would provide a mechanism for the
City Council to review the salaries each year at the same time that the City Council considers
adjusting the council members’ salaries.
As with the council members’ salaries, the ordinance limits any adjustments to the City Clerk’s
and City Treasurer’s salaries by an amount not to exceed the amount set by the San Diego
Regional Consumer Price Index. Also as with the council members’ salaries, the ordinance
provides the City Council may not enact retroactive increases for years in which a salary
increase was not approved.
Ordinance No. CS-435 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on Oct. 11,
2022. On a motion by Council Member Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member Acosta, the
City Council voted 4-0-1, with Mayor Hall absent, to introduce Ordinance No. CS-435. The
second reading allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance, which will become effective 30
days after its adoption.
Fiscal Analysis
Adoption of this ordinance would not have any direct fiscal impact. The fiscal impact of any
proposed future salary adjustments would be presented in January of each year, when the City
Council considers the proposed salary adjustments.
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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
ordinances.
Environmental Evaluation
This 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 or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in keeping with the state's Ralph M. Brown Act and it was available for
public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1.Ordinance No. CS-435
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Exhibit 1
ORDINANCE NO. CS-435
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.04,
SECTION 2.04.020 – COMPENSATION – CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER
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 of the City Clerk and City Treasurer is a matter of local concern;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad wishes to adopt a standing methodology that
will govern future salary adjustments for the City Clerk and City Treasurer.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows that:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. That Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.020 is amended to read as
follows:
2.04.020 Compensation—City clerk and city treasurer.
A. The compensation of the city clerk and city treasurer shall be set at $1,070 per month,
payable biweekly. In January of each year, when the city council considers compensation
adjustments under section 2.04.010(A), the city council shall consider whether to adjust the
compensation for the city clerk and city treasurer. Adjustments to the compensation for the
city clerk and city treasurer shall not exceed the amount established by the San Diego
Regional Consumer Price Index. The city council may not enact retroactive increases for years
in which a salary increase was not approved.
B. In addition to the compensation the city clerk and city treasurer receive under
subsection (A) of this section, the city clerk and city treasurer shall receive an automobile
allowance as established by resolution of the city council.
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.
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 11th
day of October, 2022, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
_______________________________________
MATT HALL, Mayor
_______________________________________
FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)
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