Meeting Date:Feb. 8, 2022
To:Mayor and City Council
From:Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact:Faviola Medina, City Clerk Services Manager [email protected], 760-434-5989
Subject:Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-414 –Adjusting Annual City Council Compensation
Districts:All
Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-414 adjusting City Council compensation by the amount established by the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index.
Executive Summary/Discussion
Ordinance No. CS-414 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on Jan. 25, 2022. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Blackburn, seconded by Council Member Acosta, the City Council voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. CS-414. The second reading allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance, which will become effective 30 days after its adoption.
Fiscal Analysis
If the City Council were to adopt an ordinance adjusting City Council members’ compensation to reflect changes in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2021, the City Council members’ monthly compensation would increase from approximately $2,052 to approximately $2,187 and the mayor’s monthly compensation would increase from approximately $2,152 to approximately $2,287. (The mayor receives additional monthly compensation of $100 under Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.04.020.) There is sufficient funding in the remaining General Fund budget for fiscal year 2021-22 to absorb the proposed increase.
Next Steps
The City Clerk’s Office will have the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, published in a newspaper of general circulation within 15 days following adoption of the ordinance.
Environmental Evaluation
This action 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.
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Public Notification
This item was noticed in keeping with the 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-414
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-414
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ADJUSTING CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION BY THE AMOUNT
ESTABLISHED BY THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX EXHIBIT 1
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 I
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 increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2021 was 6.6%; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of City Council members by the percentage increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The monthly compensation of City Council members is increased from $2,052.17 to $2,187.61 upon the effective date of this ordinance.
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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