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 2.04.0lO(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 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.
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 7th day of February, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder.
None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
� g HdY!d� CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
}_.,SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk 7J-(SEAL)
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