ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION
RHB-2023-05
PASADENA RENTAL HOUSING BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. RHB-2023-05
A RESOLUTION OF THE PASADENA RENTAL HOUSING BOARD REQUESTING THE
CITY OF PASADENA RECOGNIZE AND COMPENSATE MEMBERS OF THE RENTAL
HOUSING BOARD AS EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PASADENA
WHEREAS, the Pasadena Fair and Equitable Charter Amendment (Charter Amendment") requires each member of the Pasadena Rental Housing Board ("Board") be compensated on an hourly basis for time committed to meetings of the Board at a rate of two-and-a-half (2.5x) times the amount of the City of Pasadena ('City") Minimum Wage Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Amendment empowers the Board to request and receive necessary funding from the City; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Amendment requires that the Board be an integral part of the City' government and for the City to support the Board like any other department of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Amendment limits each Board member's compensation to a maximum of twenty (20) hours per week and requires the chairperson of the Board to track the length of time of each meeting to compensate members of the Board accordingly; and
WHEREAS, each member of the Board commits time to general Board meetings, ad hoc committee meetings, and in preparation of both; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Charter Amendment, the members of the Board desire to be considered employees of the City and to be compensated by the City for the amount of time committed to preparing for and participating in Board meetings, including ad hoc committee meetings; and
NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the Pasadena Rental Housing Board requests that the City Council deem members of the Board employees of the City and compensate the members for time committed to preparing for and participating in Board meetings, including ad hoc committee meetings, in accordance with the Charter Amendment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the source of payment for compensating the members of the Board shall be from the Pasadena Rental Housing Board Fund (689) advanced by the City Council until such time the Board adopts a budget and sets a Rental Housing Fee to finance the Board for its reasonable and necessary expenses in implementing the Charter Amendment; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each member of the Board is responsible for tracking the amount of time spent preparing for and participating in meetings, and for reporting that time to the chairperson of the Board for review prior to receiving any compensation for no more than twenty (20) hours per week; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board shall evaluate the designation of the Board members as City employees and the compensation structure required by the Charter Amendment no later than ninety (90) days after the effectiveness of the designation of the Board members as City employees by the City Council.
The foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Pasadena Rental Housing Board of the City of Pasadena, duly held on the 26th day of July 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Board Members Dunlop, Gonzalez, Henry, Najera, Pitts, Chavez, Siegal, Santiago, Torres, Vice Chair Lamar, Chair Bell
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
thet Kya Bell
MARK JOMSKY RYAN/. BELL
CITY CLERK CHAIR, RENTAL HOUSING BOARD
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