ORDINANCE NO. CS-463
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.04, SECTION 2.04.010(A), TO ADJUST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMPENSATION BY 4%
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 increase in the November San Diego Regional Consumer Price Index for 2023 was 5.2%; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the compensation of City Council members by 4%.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That the first sentence of Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.010(A) is amended to read:
2.04.010 Compensation–Mayor and city council.
A.The monthly compensation of city council members is increased from $2,264.18 to $2,354.75.
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 9th day of January, 2024, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 30th day of January, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Luna.
Burkholder.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
fut.da, /(, � CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City &rk
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