Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 2.28 Compensation

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For provisions on the compensation of the city manager, see § 2.04.050 of this code.

For performing those duties prescribed by general laws of the state, the salary of the city clerk shall be fixed by resolution of the city council. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the city council from paying additional compensation for work performed in addition to the legal duties of the city clerk.

(Ord. 581 § 1, 1981: Ord. 252 § 1, 1957)

For performance of those duties prescribed by the general laws of the state, the salary of the city treasurer shall be fixed by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 581 § 2, 1981: Ord. 496 § 1, 1977: Ord. 286 § 1, 1962: Ord. 252 § 2, 1957)

A. Purpose. The ordinance codified in this section is enacted pursuant to Section 36514 of the Government Code, as added by Chapter 286 of the Statutes of 1965, authorizing the city council to provide by ordinance that each member of the city council shall receive a prescribed salary, the amount of which is based upon the population of the city as determined by estimates made by the State Department of Finance.

B. Population. As of the date of passage of the ordinance codified in this section, the latest estimate of population of the city made by the Department of Finance is seven thousand one hundred twenty-five.

C. Salaries. Each member of the city council shall receive, as a salary, the sum of three hundred dollars per month, as described in Section 36516 for cities, as set forth in subsection (a) of Section 36516, of the Government Code, being cities over five thousand up to and including thirty-five thousand in population, which shall be payable from and after the operative date of the ordinance codified in this section, at the same time and in the same manner as its salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the city.

D. Increase or Decrease. Following any new and later estimate of population made by the Department of Finance placing the city in a population group other than that set forth in subsection C of this section, the salary payable to each member of the city council shall be increased or decreased accordingly to equal the sum prescribed for that population group in Section 36514 of the Government Code, as added by Chapter 286 of the Statutes of 1965; provided, however, that the salary as so increased or decreased shall become payable only on and after the date upon which one or more members of the city council become eligible therefor by virtue of beginning a new term of office following the next succeeding general municipal election held in the city.

E. Reimbursement. The salaries prescribed in this section shall be exclusive of any amounts payable to each member of the city council as reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of official duties for the city.

(Ord. 667 § 1, 1990: Ord. 506 § 1, 1978; Ord. 340 §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1966)