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ORDINANCE NO. 4440
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING SECTIONS 2.04.370 AND 2.04.380 OF CHAPTER
2.04 [COUNCIL ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE] OF THE
PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES TO BE EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 1998
follows:
follows:
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and determines as
A. The City Council has not received a salary increase
since 1980.
B. Article III, section 17 of the Charter of the City
of Palo Alto permits to adopt Council compensation provided the
amount does not exceed the amount provided by general law.
Government Code section 36516 provides that: Council salaries for
cities the size of Palo Alto may be either up to $500.00 per month,
or an amount equaling an increase of not more than five (5) percent
for each calendar year from the operative date of the last
adjustment of the salary.
C. The Council's salary was last adjusted in 1980
(Ordinance No. 3335) and 1982 (Ordinance No. 3221), with the 1982
action solely to bring the salary of all Council Members to $400.00
per month. Pursuant to Government Code section 36516, the maximum
Council salary could therefore be in excess of $831.00 per month.
D. The Council desires to delay the effective date of
this salary increase until after one or more Council Members have
commenced a new term of office, which will be January 1, 1998.
E. The Council further desires to increase the Mayor's
expense allowance, and to decrease the Vice -Mayor's expense
allowance.
SECTION 2. Palo Alto Municipal Code section 2.04.370
is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.04.370 Expense allowance for council members.
The council by resolution, may adopt a travel and expense
policy providing a schedule for expense allowances for its members
and an amount shall be included in the council budget to reimburse
members of the council for expenses incurred in their service as
members of the council. Notwithstanding the above, the mayor shall
receive $200.00 per month for expenses and the vice mayor shall
receive $50.00 per month for expenses incurred in filling these
offices.
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SECTION 3. Palo Alto Municipal Code section 2.04.380
is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.04.380 Salary of council members.
The salary of the council members shall be $600.00 per
month.
,ET ON 4. The salary and expense allowance changes
adopted by this ordinance shall commence on January 1, 1998.
SECTION 5. The City Council hereby finds that
adoption of this ordinance does not constitute a project under the
California Environmental Quality Act because it can be seen with
certainty that there is no possibility that any environmental
effect will result from this ordinance.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective on the
thirty-first day after the date of its adoption.
INTRODUCED: July 21, 1997
PASSED: August 4, 1997
AYES : ANDERSON, EAKINS, FAZZINO, HUBER, KNISS, MCCOWN, ROSENBAUM, WHEELER
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Attorney
THIS DOCUMENT IS CERTIFIED TO BE AN
ORDINANCE DULY PASSED SY THE COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AND
THErre!, EZ POSTED IN THE COUNCIL
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RAYS OF ITS PASSAGE)
"I certify (or declare) under penalty
of perjury that the foregoing is tare
and correct."
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