1 Eff.: 08-15-2025 ORDINANCE NO . 25-4,030
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK AMENDING BURBANK MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 2-1-202 RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS
City Attorney’s Synopsis
Pursuant to Burbank Municipal Code §2- 1-202 Council compensation may be adjusted by ordinance in an amount not to exceed that allowed for by Government Code Section 36516. The last salary adjustment was adopted in January 2024. This Ordinance provides an increase in monthly salary from $1,900.00 to $1,995.00, effective August 17, 2025, and from $1,995.00 to $2,094.75, effective the pay period following August 17, 2026.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
1. Burbank Municipal Code Section 2-1-202 is amended to read as follows:
A. AMOUNT OF SALARY: Each member of the Council shall be paid a monthly salary in an amount equal to the maximum amount authorized to be paid to Council Members of general law cities of similar population by Section 36516 of the Government Code of the State of California as the same may be from time to time amended.
B. ADJUSTMENT TO COMPENSATION:
1. Pursuant to Government Code Section 36516, which allows the City Council to increase City Council Member salaries by up to 5% each calendar year from the operative date of the last salary adjustment , the salary for each Council Member shall be increased to $1,995 per month, beginning on August 17, 2025. Thereafter, the salary for each Council Member shall be increased to $2,094.75 per month, beginning the pay period following August 17, 2026.
2. Thereafter, the salaries shall be adjusted by ordinance of the City Council in an amount not to exceed that amount allowed for increase by Government Code Section 36516(a) and any amendments thereto.
3. In lieu of adjustment by ordinance of the City Council, the Council may submit the amount of compensation of Council Members to the electors of the City of Burbank, as provided for in Government Code Section 36516(b) and any amendments thereto.
25-4,030
2 2. If any provision of this Ordinance or its application is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, sections, or applications of the Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end each phrase, section, sentence, or word is declared to be severable.
3. This Ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31 st)
day after the date of adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of July 2025.
_s/Tamala Takahashi for_______
Nikki Perez
Mayor
Approved as to Form
Attest: Office of the City Attorney
_s/Kimberley Clark_________ By: _s/Joseph H. McDougall____ Kimberley Clark, City Clerk Joseph H. McDougall City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF BURBANK )
I, Kimberley Clark, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 25-4,030 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of July 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Anthony, Mullins, Rizzotti, Takahashi, and Perez.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
I further certify that said Synopsis was published as required by law in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Burbank, California within 14 days following its July 15, 2025 adoption.
_s/Kimberley Clark_________
Kimberley Clark, City Clerk