HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-02-09 Ordinance 5304Ordinance No. 5304
Ordinance ofthe Council ofthe City of Palo Alto Amending Chapter 2.04 ofthe Palo Alto
Municipal Code to Increase the Salary of Council Members Effective January 2017 and to
Clarify Council Expense Allowances
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does OROAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. Article Ill, Section 17 ofthe Charter of the City of Palo Alto provides that
compensation may be paid to council members in amounts not to exceed those provided by
general law.
B. Council member salaries were last set in 2001 by Ordinance No. 4692 in
the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) per month.
C. General law permits salaries to be increased at a rate not to exceed 5%
for each calendar year from the operative date of the last salary adjustment. The increase
permitted under state law for an effective date of January 1, 2017 is four hundred fifty dollars
($450) per month, for a maximum permissible compensation of one thousand fifty dollars
($1,050) per month.
· D. From time to time, the Council adopts by resolution a travel and expense
policy for council members, including expense reimbursement limits for the Mayor and Vice
Mayor.
SECTION 2. Section 2.04.350 (Expense allowance for council members) of Chapter 2.04
(Council Organization and Procedure) of Title 2 (Administrative Code) of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as .follows:
~~section 2.04.350 Expense allowance for council members
The council may by resolution 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."
SECTION 3. Section 2.04.360 (Salary of council members) of Chapter 2.04 (Council
Organization and Procedure) of Title 2 (Administrative Code) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 2.04.360 Salary of council members
The salary of the council members shall be $600.00 per month. Effective January
1, 2017, the salary of the council members shall be $1,000 per month."
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SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any
reason declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or
sections of the Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it should have adopted the
Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid.
SECTION 5. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby finds that this is not a project
under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, no environmental impact
assessment is necessary.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date of its
adoption.
INTRODUCED: January 20, 2015
PASSED: February 9, 2015
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, FILSETH, HOLMAN, SCHARFF, SCHMID, WOLBACH
NOES: DUBOIS
ABSENT: KNISS
ABSTENTIONS:
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