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31 ORDINANCE NO. 2024-_____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CULVER CITY,
CALIFORNIA AMENDING CULVER CITY MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 3.01. 005, COMPENSATION FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS , TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF
EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO $1,261.26 PER
MONTH TO BE OPERATIVE AS OF DECEMBER 16, 2024.
WHEREAS, Section 603 of the Culver City Charter states, in pertinent part that, “Council Members shall receive compensation for their services in accordance with the provisions of State law;” and
WHEREAS, State law, Government Code Section 36516, authorizes a city council to adopt an ordinance establishing a council member’s salary based on a city’s population; and, for cities over 35,000 up to and including 50,000 in population, such as Culver City, the salar y may be initially established up to and including $1,275 per month; and
WHEREAS, the current council member compensation was effectuated by Ordinance No. 91-021, adopted on September 10, 1991, which amended Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) Section 3.01.0 05 to establish the salary for each council member at $485.10 per month effective May 1, 1992 , and no further salary increases have been adopted to date; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36516(a)(4) allows an increase of 5% for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Section 36516(a)(4) , the City Council desires to increase the salary of each council member to $1,261.26 per month, based on a 5% increase for each of the last 32 years since the operative date of the last salary adjustment.
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31 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Culver City, California DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Culver City Municipal Code Section 3.01. 005 is hereby amended to read as follows (additions in underlined text; deletions in strikethrough text):
§ 3.01.005 COMPENSATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
Pursuant to the City Charter and California Government Code Section Cal. Gov't Code § 36516, the salary of each Council mMember is hereby established at One Thousand Two Hundred Sixty -One Dollars and Twenty -Six Cents ($1,261.26) Four Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Ten Cents ($485.10) per month.
SECTION 2: Notwithstanding, Section 4, below, t he operative date of the salary increase set forth in this Ordinance shall be December 16, 2024.
SECTION 3: Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acq uired or existing, under any act or Ordinance hereby repealed or amended as cited in this Ordinance; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired, or affected by this Ordinance.
SECTION 4: Pursuant to Section 619 of the City Charter, this Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. Pursuant to Section 616 and 621 of the City Charter, prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the adoption, the City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance, or a summa ry thereof, to be published in the Culver City News and shall post this Ordinance or a summary thereof in at least three (3) places within the City.
SECTION 5: The City Council hereby declares that, if any provision, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, phrase or word of this Ordinance is rendered or declared invalid or unconstitutional by any final action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason or any preemptive legislation, then the City Council would have
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31 independently adopted the remaini ng provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, or words of this Ordinance, and as such they shall remain in full force and effect.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2024.
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YASMINE-IMANI MCMORRIN, Mayor
City of Culver City, California
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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JEREMY BOCCHINO HEATHER BAKER
City Clerk City Attorney