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Title 2 — Administration and Personnel

El Cajon Municipal Code Ch. 2.16 Salaries of Councilmembers and Mayor

El Cajon Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · El Cajon

Cite as: El Cajon Municipal Code Chapter 2.16 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 2.16.010. Authority.

This chapter is enacted pursuant to Title 4, Division 3 of the Government Code of the state of California.

(Prior code § 2-41)

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§ 2.16.020. Salaries of councilmembers and mayor.

With the exception of the mayor, each member of the council of the city shall receive, as salary, the sum of two thousand three hundred thirty-six dollars per month, as prescribed in Title 4 Division 3 of the Government Code of the state of California for cities over seventy-five thousand up to and including one hundred fifty thousand in population, which shall be effective January 1, 2025, in the same manner as the salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the city.

The mayor of the city shall receive, as salary, the sum of three thousand three hundred eighty dollars per month, which shall be effective January 1, 2025, in accordance with the provisions applicable to members of the city council as hereinabove set forth.

(Ord. 5140, 1/23/2024)

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§ 2.16.030. Salary increase or decrease—Population.

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 Section 2.16.020, the salary payable to each member of the council shall be increased or decreased accordingly to equal the sum prescribed for that population group in Title 4, Division 3 of the Government Code of the state of California.

(Prior code § 2-43)

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§ 2.16.040. Exclusion of certain expenses.

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

(Prior code § 2-44)

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