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Date Adopted:
Date Approved
Effective Date:
City Attorney Approval: ________ Ordinance No.
BILL NO. ______
ORDINANCE NO. _______
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA,
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2018 -67 OF THE F RESNO
MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADOPTING ORDINANCE
SETTING FORTH THE COMPENSATION OF ELECTIVE
OFFICERS
WHEREAS, on June 3, 1980, the voters of the City of Fresno approved Charter Section 308 to provide that Council shall establish by ordinance the compensation of the elective officers of the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Charter Section 308, compensation of an elective officer fixed by ordinance shall not be increased or decreased during the elective officer’s term of office; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2018, Council adopted Ordinance No. 2018-67 setting the compensation of the elected officers; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of Council to repeal Ordinance No. 2018-67; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of Council to increase the salary of Councilmembers commencing a new term of office to an amount equal to the salary of members of Fresno County Board of Supervis ors, and to adjust Councilmember compensation to be equivalent to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ salary at the commencement of each new term of office; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of Council to increase the salary of the Council President commencing a new term of office to an amount equal to the Chair of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, and to adjust the Council President’s salary to be equivalent to that 2 of 4
of the Chair of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors compensation at the commencement of each new term of office; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of Council to increase the salary of the Mayor of the City of Fresno commencing a new term of office to an amount maintaining the current ratio of Mayor’s salary to Councilmembers’ salary, and to adjust the Mayor’s salary to be 1.625 times that of Councilmembers’ salary at each new term of office.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRESNO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 2018-67 is repealed. This Ordinance is adopted, which shall establish the compensation of the elective officers of the City in accordance with Charter Section 308.
SECTION 2. Current salary for services of each Councilmember is $80,000 per annum payable according to standard City payroll procedures. Commencing January 1, 2023, the salary for services of each Councilmember commencing a new term of office, or those newly elected to fill the balance of a term, shall be $135,044 annually payable according to standard City payroll procedures. Thereafter, Councilmembers’ salary shall be adjusted to be equivalent to Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ annual salaries at the beginning of each new term.
SECTION 3. Current salary for services of the President of the Council is $ 85,000 per annum payable according to standard City payroll procedures. Commencing January 1, 2023, the salary for services of the President of the Council commencing a new term shall be $151,925 annually payable according to standard City procedures. The Council President shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for any services performed as Mayor Pro Tempore. If the President of the Council is appointed Mayor pursuant to Charter Section 305(d)(3), they shall be entitled to compensation for services at the rate 3 of 4
established for the Mayor. Thereafter, the Council President’s salary shall be adjusted to be equivalent to that of the Chair of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors ’ annual salary at the beginning of each new term.
SECTION 4. Current salary for the Mayor is $130,000 per annum payable according to standard City payroll procedures. Commencing January 1, 2023, the salary for services of the Mayor commencing a new term shall be adjusted to be to $219,447 annually payable according to standard City procedures. Thereafter, the Mayor’s salary shall be adjusted to be equivalent to 1.625 times that of a Councilmember s’ annual salary at the beginning of each new term.
SECTION 5. Elective officers shall continue to receive reimbursement for Council authorized travel and other necessary expenses when on official duty according to standard City reimbursement procedures and policies adopted in Ordinance No. 2004-88 and its amendments.
SECTION 6. The compensation of elective officers is fixed pursuant to this ordinance.
The compensation shall not be increased or diminished during their term of office. Any change or adjustment pursuant to this ordinance for compensation of the elected officers shall not become effective until commencement of a new term.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall become effective and in full force and effect at 12:01 on the thirty-first day after its final passage.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF FRESNO ) ss.
CITY OF FRESNO )
I, TODD STERMER, City Clerk of the City of Fresno, certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the Council of the City of Fresno, at a regular meeting held on the day of 2022.
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT :
ABSTAIN :
Mayor Approval: , 2022
Mayor Approval/No Return: , 2022
Mayor Veto: , 2022
Council Override Vote: , 2022
TODD STERMER, CMC
City Clerk
By:
Deputy Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RINA M. GONZALES
Interim City Attorney
By:
Amanda Freeman D ate
Senior Deputy City Attorney