HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-01-09; City Council; ; Annual Elected Officials Compensation ReviewCA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Jan. 9, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Judy von Kalinowski, Human Resources Director
judy.vonkalinowski@carlsbadca.gov 760-473-4670
Silvano Rodriguez, Senior Management Analyst
silvano.rodriguez@carlsbadca.gov 760-705-6802
Subject: Annual Elected Officials Compensation Review
Districts: All
Recommended Action
1.Conduct the annual review of elected officials’ compensation; and,
2.Introduce an ordinance titled either:
A.“An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, amending Title 2,
Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.010(A), to adjust City Council members’ compensation by the
percentage increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023” (Exhibit
1), or
B.“An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, permanently
waiving City Council compensation adjustments for 2024” (Exhibit 2), or
C.Provide other direction as desired.
3.Introduce an ordinance titled either:
A.“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 City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation
by the percentage increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023”
(Exhibit 3), or
B.“An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, declining City Clerk
and City Treasurer compensation adjustments for 2024” (Exhibit 4), or
C.Provide other direction as desired.
Executive Summary
The City Council is being asked to consider whether to adjust City Council members’
compensation by the percentage increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for
2023 and to make the same determination for the compensation of the City Clerk and
Treasurer, as required each year by the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
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Explanation & Analysis
The voters of the City of Carlsbad approved Measure G in 2020. This measure, now in Carlsbad
Municipal Code Chapter 2.04 – Elected Officials, Section 2.04.010(A) – Compensation–Mayor
and city council:
• Prohibits City Council members’ compensation adjustments from exceeding the amount
established by the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index.
• Requires the City Council to either make or waive a compensation adjustment in January
of each year.
• Prohibits the council from enacting retroactive increases for years in which the City
Council waived a compensation adjustment.
The City Council adopted Ordinance No. CS-435 on Oct. 18, 2022, to establish a mechanism for
the City Council to review the salaries of the City Clerk and Treasurer each year at the same
time that the City Council considers adjusting 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.
The annual compensation for members of the City Council was last adjusted in March 2023,
when it was increased by 3.5%, from $26,251.32 to $27,170.16 for council members and from
$27,451.32 to $28,370.16 for the Mayor, who receives additional monthly compensation of
$100 under Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.04.010(B).
The annual compensation for the City Clerk and City Treasurer were last adjusted in March
2023, when it was increased by 6.7%, from $12,840 to $13,700.28.
This item is being presented to allow the City Council to review elected officials’ compensation
and discuss whether to make or waive compensation adjustments for 2024.
The change in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023 was 5.2%. The
November number is used because it is the most recent statistic available to effectuate changes
for the following January.
If the City Council were to adopt an ordinance adjusting elected officials’ compensation to
reflect changes in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023, the City Council
members’ annual compensation would increase from $27,170.16 to $28,583.04, and the
Mayor’s annual compensation would increase from $28,370.16 to $29,783.04.
The City Clerk and City Treasurer’s annual compensation would increase from $13,700.28 to
$14,412.72.
Fiscal Analysis
The full fiscal impact for the increase in City Council compensation, including the impact to
benefits, is approximately $7,700. The full fiscal impact for the increase in City Clerk and City
Treasurer compensation, including the impact to benefits, is approximately $1,550. There is
sufficient funding in the General Fund budget for fiscal year 2023-24 to absorb the proposed
increase.
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Options
Staff have drafted ordinances for the council’s consideration for all options:
• Increase City Council members’ compensation by the percentage increase in the San
Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023 (Exhibit 1),
• Waive an adjustment to City Council members’ compensation for 2024 (Exhibit 2)
• Increase City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation by the percentage increase in the
San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023 (Exhibit 3)
• Decline an adjustment to City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation for 2024 (Exhibit
4).
Next Steps
The City Clerk’s Office will prepare the introduced ordinances for adoption at the next regular
City Council meeting. Once adopted, the City Clerk will publish the ordinances or a summary of
the ordinances in a newspaper of general circulation within 15 days. The ordinances will be
effective 30 days following their adoption.
Environmental Evaluation
The recommended 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 in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment.
Exhibits
1. Ordinance increasing City Council compensation
2. Ordinance waiving an increase to City Council compensation
3. Ordinance increasing City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation
4. Ordinance declining an increase to City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-463
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.04, SECTION 2.04.0lO{A), TO
ADJUST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' COMPENSATION BY 4 PERCENT
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2020, the voters of the City of Carlsbad, California, approved
Measure G, adopting Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.0lO{A) of the Carlsbad Municipal Code, which
prohibits City Council compensation adjustments from exceeding the amount established by the San
Diego Regional Consumer Price Index, requires the City Council to either make or waive a compensation
adjustment in Januc,1ry of each year, and prohibits the City Council from enacting retroactive increases
for years in which the City Council waived a compensation adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023
was 5.2%; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of City Council members by 4%.
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 2.04.0lO{A) is amended to read:
2.04.010 Compensation-Mayor and city council.
A.The monthly compensation of city council members is increased from $2,264.18 to
$2,354.75.
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 9th day
of January, 2024, and thereafter
Exhibit 1
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the_ day of ___ � 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISlNGER, City Clerk
(SEAL}
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Exhibit 2
ORDINANCE NO. .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, PERMANENTLY WAIVING CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION
ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2024
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2020, the voters of the City of Carlsbad, California, approved
Measure G, adopting Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.010(A) of the Carlsbad Municipal Code, which
prohibits City Council compensation adjustments from exceeding the amount established by the San
Diego Regional Consumer Price Index, requires the City Council to either make or waive a compensation
adjustment in January of each year, and prohibits the City Council from enacting retroactive increases
for years in which the City Council waived a compensation adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to permanently waive any adjustment to the compensation
of City Council members for 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. The City Council permanently waives any adjustments to the compensation of City
Council members for 2024.
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 ______
day of __________, 2024, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
_______________________________________
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
_______________________________________
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-464
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 CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER COMPENSATION BY 4 PERCENT
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2022, the City �ouncil 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 2023
was 5.2%; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of the City Clerk and City
Treasurer by 4 percent.
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 $1,141.69 to
$1,187.36 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.
Exhibit 3
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 9th day
of January, 2024, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the_ day of ____ 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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Exhibit 4
ORDINANCE NO. .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, DECLINING CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER COMPENSATION
ADJUSTMENTS 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 waived a compensation adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to decline an adjustment to the compensation of the City
Clerk and City Treasurer for 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The City Council declines adjustments to the compensation of the City Clerk and City
Treasurer for 2024.
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 ______
day of __________, 2024, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
_______________________________________
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
_______________________________________
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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