Ordinance 908
ORDINANCE NO. 908
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GILROY REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 782 AND PROVIDING
FOR SALARIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, Gilroy City Ordinance No. 782, adopted January 3,
1967, provides for a salary for the Mayor of $150.00 per month
and for Councilmen of $25.00 per regular meeting, and
WHEREAS, all members of the Council are required to devote
extensive and increasing amounts of time outside of regular
meetmgs on such city business as committee meetings, study sessions,
budget sessions, special meetings, inter-city meetings, county
transportation, housing and other committee meetings, area flood
control, water quality, ABAG and other such meetings, and
WHEREAS, all members of the Council should be paid a monthly
salary for their services, rather than only for attendance at
regular meetings, and
WHEREAS,by way of comparison, Government Code Sections
36516 and 36516.1 provide, as to general law cities the size of
Gilroy with a population of between 5,000 and 35,000 population,
that the City Council may enact an ordinance providing for a
salary of $150.00 per month for each member of the Council and
for additional compensation for a separately elected Mayor,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 10 Gilroy City Ordinance No. 782 is hereby repealed.
SECTION II. Members of the Gilroy City Council shall be
paid the following salaries for their services:
(a) Each councilman shall receive a salary of $100.00
per month beginning on July 1, 1971 and thereafter.
(b) The Mayor shall receive a salary of $200.00 per
month beginning on July 1, 1971 and thereafter.
(c) In the event any member of the Council is absent
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from more than two regular meetings of the Council in any
fiscal year, one-twenty fourth of his annual pay shall be
deducted for the third absence and each absence thereafter.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after July 1, 1971, which is more than thirty
(30) days from and after its adoption and approval.
The foregoing Ordinance was introduced and published by
title and summary at a regular meeting of the Council held on
January 18, 1971, and was finally adopted at a regular meeting
of said Council held on February 1, 1971, by the following
vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: BATREZ, DUFFIN, KENNEDY, PATE,
SILVA, WENTWORTH and GOODRICH
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
APPROVED :.",
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Mayor
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
he'eby certify that the attached Ordinance No. 908 is an original
ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the
1st day of February
, 19 11-, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 3rd
day of February
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gity Clerk of the City of Gilroy
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