HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - March 19, 2008 K-05AGENDA ITEM K`"'5
CITY OF LODI
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AGENDA TITLE: Consideration of Council Member Salaries as Requested by Council Member Johnson
MEETING DATE: March 19,2008
PREPARED BY: Randi Johl, City Clerk
RECOMMENDED ACTION: As desired by City Council.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At the Council meeting of February 20,2008, Council Member Johnson
requested that the topic of Council Member salaries be placed on a
future agenda. The following information is provided in response.
Council Member salaries for general law cities are provided for in the Government Code. Specifically, the
City Council has the ability to give itself an increase based on Government Code Section 36516. The
pertinent portion of that Section provides as follows:
"36516. (a) A city council may enact an ordinance providing that each member of the city council shall
receive a salary, the amount of which shall be determined by the following schedule:
(3) In cities over 50,000 up to and including 75,000 in population, up to and including five hundred
dollars ($500) per month.
For the purposes of this section the population shall be determined by the last preceding federal
census, ora subsequent census, or estimate validated by the Department of Finance.
(c) Compensation of council members may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section
by an ordinance or by an amendment to an ordinance but the amount of the increase may not exceed
an amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar vear from the operative date of the last adjustment of
the salary in effect when the ordinance or amendment is enacted. No salary ordinance shall be
enacted or amended which provides for automatic future increases in salary."
In summary, as a general law city, the Lodi City Council may receive $500 per month based on its
population. This amount maybe raised up to 5% per year since the last salary ordinance was adopted in
1990, This amounts to an additional $450 ($500 base salary x 5% = $25 x 18 years = $450). If
compounded, the amount would be slightly higher at $703. In addition, an ordinance cannot provide for
automatic increases. While an increase may be implemented at any time, the increase would not become
effective until the next municipal election in November2008.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
Rand! Johl, City Clerk
APPROVED:
ing, City Manager
City Council Salary Survey Comparison (2007)
Cities of Population 50,000 -75,000, Entire Council Elected At Large w/ Mayor Rotation
(Based on League of California Cities Data from 2005)
No.
Ci
Population
Salary
1
Arcadia
53,054
$500
2
Bellflower
72,828
$830
3
Camarillo
59,500
$750
4
Cerritos
51,488
$941.90
5
Chico
62,000
$600
6
Chino Hills
69,183
$400
7
Clovis
70,834
$825
8
Cypress
50,000
$621
9
Diamond Bar
57,000
$500
10
Encinitas
60,000
$814.45
11
Folsom
52,700
$400
12
Hemet
62,751
$606.38
13
Hesperia
63,000
$300
14
Huntington Park
63,626
$975.12
15
La Habra
58,974
$500
16
Laguna Niguel
59,700
$400
17
Lynwood
68,532
$800
18
Montebello
64,952
$695
19
Monterey Park
62,181
$500
20
Ne rt Beach
74,000
$936.91
21
Palo Alto
62,000
$600
22
Paramount
55,266
$791.98
23
Pico Rivera
65,651
$747.50
24
Piftsburg
54,400
$500
25
Placentia
50,000
$150
26
Redlands
67,771
$500
27
Rosemead
53,505
$920.30
28
San Clemente
52,455
$400
29
Santa Cruz
54,593
$1,000
30
South San Francisco
62,551
$500
31
Temecula
67,000
$800
32
Tustin
67,504
$675
33
Victorville
68,318
$500
34
Walnut Creek
63,000
$500
35
Woodland
50,614
$250
36
Yorba Linda
68,000
$500
Average Base Salary for All 35 Cities - $617.52 ($22,230.54 , 36)