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Ordinance No. 2024-02 Future City Council Compensation AdjustmentORDINANCE NO. 2024-02 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 99-01 ADJUSTING FUTURE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SALARIES WHEREAS, the California Constitution grants Charter Cities the authority to determine the manner, method, and terms of compensation for officers; and WHEREAS, Section 805 of the Gilroy City Charter states that compensation of all officers shall be by salary fixed by ordinance or resolution; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 99-01, adopted by the City Council on February 16, 1999, sets forth salaries for Council Members and the Mayor, and provides for salary increases on a fiscal year basis in accordance with the San Francisco/Oakland Consumer Price Index (CPI); and WHEREAS, such increases from time-to-time have not been made effective due to various economic reasons; and WHEREAS, on June 29, 2023, the California Legislature passed, and Governor Newsom signed, Senate Bill (SB) 329, authorizing an increase to city council compensation for general law cities, so that the compensation can be set at levels that may “help city councils become more diverse because increased compensation can help individuals from across different income levels receive sufficient income from their service to help ensure that they can continue to serve the public and support their families”; and WHEREAS, the City also seeks to facilitate public service from individuals across different income levels so that they can serve the community and support their families; and WHEREAS, at the April 8, 2024 regular meeting of the Gilroy City Council, the City Council issued direction to staff to bring back an increase in compensation for future Council Members at the SB 329 rate, and the Mayor to be compensated by an additional 50%, consistent with current practice. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference as findings of the City Council. SECTION II Section II. of Ordinance No. 99-01 is hereby amended to read as follows: Beginning January 1, 2025, members of the Gilroy City Council shall be paid the following salaries for their services: 4891-0643-5040v1 MHAMMER\04706002 Docusign Envelope ID: C94736A4-44BC-405E-8689-5A9B68955A60 Ordinance No. 2024-02 Adjusting Future Mayor and City Council Member Salaries City Council Regular Meeting | September 16, 2024 Page 2 of 2 (a) Each Councilmember shall receive a salary of $1,600.00 per month, with future increases on a fiscal year basis in accordance with the San Francisco/Oakland Consumer Price Index (CPI). (b) The Mayor shall receive a salary of $2,400.00 per month, with future increases on a fiscal year basis in accordance with the San Francisco/Oakland Consumer Price Index (CPI). SECTION III If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Gilroy hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION IV This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this Ordinance or a summary thereof pursuant to Government Code Section 36933. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY this 16th day of September, 2024 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BRACCO, ARMENDARIZ, MARQUES, CLINE, BLANKLEY NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: TOVAR ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HILTON APPROVED: Marie Blankley, Mayor ATTEST: Beth Minor, Interim City Clerk Docusign Envelope ID: C94736A4-44BC-405E-8689-5A9B68955A60 CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK I, BETH MINOR, Interim City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Ordinance No. 2024-02 is an original ordinance, or true and correct copy of a City Ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on Monday, September 16, 2024, with a quorum present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this September 16, 2024. ____________________________________ Beth Minor Interim City Clerk of the City of Gilroy Docusign Envelope ID: C94736A4-44BC-405E-8689-5A9B68955A60