CA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Jan. 24, 2023
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Silvano Rodriguez, Senior Management Analyst [email protected] 760-705-6802
Judy von Kalinowski, Human Resources Director
[email protected] 760-473-4670
Subject: Annual Elected Officials Compensation Review
District: All
Reco
mmended Action
Conduct annual review of elected officials compensation and introduce ordinances that:
1. A) Adjusts City Council members’ compensation by the percentage increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2022 (Exhibit 1), or B) Waives an adjustment to City Council compensation for 2023 (Exhibit 2)
2. A) Adjusts the City Clerk’s and City Treasurer’s compensation by the percentage increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2022 (Exhibit 3), or B) Declines an adjustment to the City Clerk’s and City Treasurer’s compensation for 2023 (Exhibit 4)
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 2022 and to make the same determination for the compensation of the City Clerk and Treasurer, as required each year by the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
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
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• 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 monthly compensation for members of the City Council was last adjusted in March 2022, when it was increased by 6.6%, from $2,152 to $2,187 a month for council members and from $2,252 to $2,287 for the mayor, who receives additional monthly compensation of $100 under Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.04.010(B).
The City Clerk and City Treasurer’s salaries were last adjusted in January 2007, when they were raised from $970 per month to $1,070 per month. The City Council has not considered an adjustment to the salaries of the City Clerk or City Treasurer in the 16 years since then.
This item is being presented to allow the City Council to review its compensation and discuss whether to make or waive a compensation adjustment for 2022.
The change in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2022 was 6.7%. 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 2022, the City Council members’ monthly compensation would increase from approximately $2,187 to approximately $2,333, and the mayor’s monthly compensation would increase from approximately $2,287 to approximately $2,433.
The City Clerk and City Treasurer’s monthly compensation would increase from $1,070 to approximately $1,142.
Fiscal An
alysis
The full fiscal impact for the increase in City Council compensation, considering benefits in addition to compensation, is approximately $11,600. The full fiscal impact for the increase in City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation, considering benefits in addition to compensation, is approximately $2,000. There is sufficient funding in the remaining General Fund budget for fiscal year 2022-23 to absorb the proposed increase.
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 2022 (Exhibit 1), • Waive an adjustment to City Council members’ compensation for 2023 (Exhibit 2) • Increase City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation by the percentage increase in the San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2022 (Exhibit 3) Jan. 24, 2023
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• Decline an adjustment to City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation for 2023 (Exhibit 4).
Next Steps
The City Clerk will prepare the introduced ordinance for adoption at the next regular City Council meeting. Once adopted, the City Clerk will publish the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation within 15 days. The ordinance will be effective 30 days following its adoption.
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 Jan. 24, 2023
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-444
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADJUSTING CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION BY 3.5% WHEREAS, on November 3, 2020, the voters of the City of Carlsbad, California, approved Measure G, adopting Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.0l0{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 increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2022 was 6. 7%; and
3.5%.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of City Council members by 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 $2,187.61 to $2,264.18.
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 1
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 24th day of January, 2023, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the_ day of ___ � 2023, 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 2
ORDINANCE NO. .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, PERMANENTLY WAIVING CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2023
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 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The City Council permanently waives any adjustments to the compensation of City Council members for 2023.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty d ays 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 __________, 2023, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
N AYS:
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-445
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ADJUSTING CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER COMPENSATION
BY THE AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CONSUMER
PRICE INDEX
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 2022 was 6. 7%; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of the City Clerk and City Treasurer by the percentage increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The monthly compensation of the City Clerk and City Treasurer is increased from $1,070 to $1,141.69.
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 24th day of January, 2023, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the_ day of ___ _, 2023, 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 2023
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, r equires the City Council to determine whether to approve City Clerk and City Treasurer compensation adjustments in January of each year, and prohibits the enacting 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 2023.
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 2023.
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 __________, 2023, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
N AYS:
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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All Receive - Agenda Item # lL
For the Information of the:
CITY COUNCIL
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Council Memorandum
To:
From:
Honorable Mayor Blackburn and Members of the City Council Silvano Rodriguez, Senior Management Analyst
Via:
Judy von Kalinowski, Human Resources Director
Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager ~
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Carlsbad
Re: Additional Materials Related to Staff Report Item No. 11- Annual Elected Officials Compensation Review (Districts - All)
This memorandum provides information related to staff report Item No. 11 ofthe January 24, 2023, City Council meeting agenda packet, which includes information regarding the City Council's salary prior to the 2022 increase.
The staff report incorrectly states the prior compensation for City Council members was $2,152, and the prior compensation for the Mayor was $2,252.
The staff report should state the prior compensation for City Council members was $2,052, and the prior compensation for the Mayor was $2,152 .
cc: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Cindie McMahon, City Attorney
Administrative Services Branch
Human Resources Department
1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 442-339-2430 t