HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-01-30; City Council; 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 COMPEN...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%
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 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 %.
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.
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 30th day of January, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Luna.
None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)