1 TO: City Council
FROM: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
MEETING DATE: May 2, 2023
SUBJECT: Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 849 Amending Title 2, Chapter 4, Section 2-4.01 Of the Lomita Municipal Code Pertaining to Council Member Compensation
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt ordinance.
BACKGROUND
On April 18, 2023, the City Council introduced on first reading Ordinance No. 849. This action is to approve the second reading and adoption of the ordinance.
OPTIONS
1. Approve the attached ordinance.
2. Do not approve the ordinance.
3. Provide staff with further direction.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance No. 849
Reviewed by: Approved by:
Gary Y. Sugano Ryan Smoot
Assistant City Manager City Manager
Item No. 7e
CITY OF LOMITA
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
ORDINANCE NO. 849
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 4, SECTION 2-4.01 OF
THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO COUNCIL MEMBER
COMPENSATION AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA DOES FIND AND ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RECITALS
1. The purpose of this ordinance is to update Lomita Municipal Code relating to City council members compensation.
2. The last adjustment to the City Council monthly salary was over thirty years ago in 1991.
3. The City is in the process of contemplating moving from conducting at-large Council elections to by-district Council elections which would reduce the number of eligible candidates. The proposed modest compensation increase is intended to provide additional incentive for future candidates to file for office.
4. Currently, council members may submit monthly reimbursement requests for mileage for city-related activities which are processed by the Administrative Services Department.
SECTION 2. MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS.
Title II, Chapter 4, Section 2-4.01 of the Lomita Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-4.01. – Council Member’s compensation and other benefits.
Upon the submission of an itemized account, any council member may be reimbursed for his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duty. The salary of the mayor and each member of the City Council shall be, and the same is hereby determined fixed and established at the sum of one thousand and fourteen dollars ($1,014.00) per month pursuant to the provisions of the section 36516 of the Government Code of the State of California. In lieu of any mileage or automobile reimbursement, an auto allowance for the mayor and each member of the City Council is hereby determined fixed and established at the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) per month.
City council members shall be eligible for health and welfare benefits, as such term is defined in Section 53200 of the California Government Code, during their term of office, subject to (1) the terms of any plan of health and welfare benefits adopted by the City, (2) state laws imposing limits on health and welfare benefits for elected officials, and (3) any further rules and regulations adopted by City Council resolution.
Ordinance No. 849
SECTION 3. CEQA
This ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations section 15061(b)(3), since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this ordinance would have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. CERTIFICATION
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published or posted in the manner required by law. This ordinance shall not apply to currently serving council members, unless and until they begin a new term in office, in compliance with Government Code Section 36516.5.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2
nd day of May 2023.
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Barry Waite, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Trevor Rusin, City Attorney