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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:
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(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
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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.
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Beth Minor
Interim City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
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