Hesperia Municipal Code Ch. 2.04 City Council

A. The ordinance codified in this Section 2.04.010, is enacted pursuant to the provisions of Section 36516 of the Government Code of the state of California, authorizing the city council to provide by ordinance that each member of the city council shall receive a prescribed salary, the amount of which shall be based upon the population of the city as determined by estimates made by the State Department of Finance.

B. As of July 1, 1988, the latest estimate of population of the city made by the Secretary of State is approximately sixty thousand (60,000).

C. Each member of the city council shall receive as salary the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month, as prescribed in Section 36516 of the Government Code of the state for cities in the fifty thousand (50,000) to seventy-five thousand (75,000) population group.

D. Following any new and later authorized estimate of population or census placing the city in a population group other than that set forth in subsection (B) of this section, 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 said Section 36516 of the Government Code of the state; provided, however, the salary so increased or decreased shall become payable only on and after the date upon which one or more members of the council become eligible therefore by virtue or beginning a new term of office following the next succeeding general municipal election held in the city.

E. 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 a member of the city council in the performance of official duties for the city.

(Ord. 9 §§ 1—5, 1988)

Regular meetings of the city council of the City of Hesperia shall be held without further notice at 9700 Seventh Avenue, Council Chambers, Hesperia, California, or at such other location as may be designated by resolution.

(Ord. 177 § 1, 1993)

(Ord. No. 2019-04, § 3, 4-16-19)