Ordinance 782
ORD INANCE NO. 782
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GILROY PROVIDING THAT MEMBERS OF SAID
COUNCIL SHALL BE PAID SALARIES OR COMPENSATION
AND FIXING THE AMOUNT AND TIME FROM AND AFTER
WHICH SAID SALARIES SHALL BE PAID AND
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
WHEREAS, No provision has ever been made heretofore for
the payment of any salary or other compensation to members of the
City Councilor its predecessor, Common Council, of the City of
Gilroy, for serving the City in their official capacity, but
said Council Members have been willing to serve during the long
period when the community was in the Village or 6th City Classificationi
and
WHEREAS, In the last decade or so, the City has
experienced a pronounced and now accelerating growth until now
its population within its corporate limits numbers about 10,000
inhabitants, and there is every reason to believe that this growth
will continue; and
WHEREAS, Said growth of this City and the greatly
expanded activities of the federal government into matters of
local concern requiring negotiations, consultations, and dealings
with numerous governmental agencies in order to obtain grants of
money for various purposes and facilities forming a part of the
"Great Society" program, has enormously increased the work
required to be done in conducting the city's business, by all
the departments of the municipality, and, with the many annexations
of territory and the attendant subdivisions, zoning changes, water
and sewer problems, fire department expansion, new street development
and planning for the future, shopping districts, traffic congestion,
establishment of public parks, and recreation facilities, financing
of large improvements, and many other important problems, the proper
solution and handling of which is imperative if interference with
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with the continued growth of the City is to be prevented, the
labors, diligence, thought, time and worry of members of the
legislative branch of the city government have likewise increased
to such an extent as to make the work of the Council not only quite
burdensome at times, but also to act as an influence against citizens
serving on the Council, especially since the questions which frequently
confront the Council are of a controversial nature and enemy-making
no matter how decided; and
WHEREAS, The publie seems to understand the foregoing and
if the Council is correctly advised, believes that some compensation
should be paid to councilmembers for the greatly increased services
and duties which they must of necessity perform for the benefit
of the entire community and the payment of compensation even though
it may be small, will increase the importance of the office of
Councilmember, and serve to attract candidates for the positions
no matter how efficiently councilmen perform their duties under
present "no pay" regulations; and
WHEREAS, Other cities similarly situated as Gilroy have
found it aavisable and in the public interest to pay compensation
to their councilmembers and the experiment ought to be tried out
in GilroYi
NOW THEREFORE, Be it resolved and it is hereby ordained
by the City Council as follows:
SECTION 1. Members of the City Council of the City of Gilroy
shall be paid a compensation or salary for their services
rendered as Councilmembers, herein fixed as follows:
(a) Each councilman elected as such at the next
general municipal election held in the City of Gilroy
following the adoption,fof this Ordinance, shall, from the
beginning of his termfOffice, be paid and receive during
the time he holds the office a regular salary mr compensation
as councilman of $25.00 for each regular meeting of the
Council he attends, and the Mayor of the City of Gilroy
elected at the next general municipal election held in
said City following the adoption of this Ordinance and
subsequent Mayors of said city, shall receive and be
paid a s:iary or compensation of $ 150.00 per month for each
month, he serves as Mayor
from and after the beginning of his term.
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(b) Present councilmen, whose term of office will
not expire until the year 1969 or those elected or appointed
1 to fill unexpired terms thereof shall receive and be paid
the same salary and compensation and from the same time as
2 those eligible for a salary by virtue of the beginning of a
new term of office on a council having council members
3 serving staggered terms as provided by Section 36514 of
the Government Code.
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SECTION 2. The population of the City of Gilroy at the time
5 of the adoption of this ordinance for the purposes of this
Ordinance has been determined by the Departmentof Finance of
6 the City of Gilroy to be over lD.OOO and the salaries herein fix d
are based upon that determination.
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SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
8 full force thirty (30) days from and after its adoption
and approval.
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SECTION 4. If any portion of this Ordinance shall be held
10 invalid by any Court having jurisdiction to make such
determination the council declares it would have adopted
II the remaining portion of the ordinance and said invalidity
of one part shall not affect the validity of the remaining
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The foregoing Ordinance was introduced and ordered
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published by title and summary at a regular meeting of the
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Council held on the 19th day of December, 1966, and was finally
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adopted at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 3rd
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day of January, 1967, by the following vote:
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NOES:
COUNCI LMEMBERS : All emand, Duff in, Eckard ,Goodri ch,
Quartirol i ,Wentworth, and Petersen.
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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APPROVED
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ATTEST:
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SUSANNE E. PAYNE
,City Clerk of
the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Ordinance
No. 782
is an original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council
of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on
the
3rd
day of
January
, 19 67 ,at which meeting
a quorum was present.
further certify that the said ordinance has been pub-
lished in accordance with the charter of the City of Gilroy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and af-
fixed the official seal of the City of Gilroy, this
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