Chapter 2.08 — CITY COUNCIL SALARIES

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2027, § 3, adopted Nov. 16, 2024, repealed the former Ch. 2.08, §§ 2.08.010— 2.08.050, and enacted a new Ch. 2.08 as set out herein. The former Ch. 2.08 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from prior code § 2-81, 2-83—2-86; Ord. 1333 § 1(1), (2), adopted 1984; Ord. 1360 § 1, adopted 1985; Ord. 1478 § 1, adopted 1990; Ord. 1810 § 1, adopted 2008.

This chapter is enacted pursuant to California Government Code Section 36516, authorizing the city council to provide by ordinance that each member of the council shall receive a prescribed salary based

upon the population of the city of Lodi as determined by the federal census or estimate validated by the State Department of Finance.

(Ord. No. 2027, § 3, 11-6-2024)

Each member of the city council shall receive, as salary, the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars per month, as allowed in Government Code Section 36516(a)(2) for cities over fifty thousand and up to seventy- five thousand in population. Council salary shall be payable from and after the operative date of this chapter and at the same time and in the same manner as salaries paid to other officers and employees of the city.

(Ord. No. 2027, § 3, 11-6-2024)

Councilmember salary may be adjusted (increased or decreased) by ordinance in accordance with Section 36516 of the Government Code, including the limitation that no ordinance may be enacted to provide automatic future increases in council salary. Once a salary adjustment ordinance is in effect, any adjustment to council salary shall begin on the first day of the next city pay period following the date upon which one or more members of the council begin a new term of office in accordance with California Government Code Section 36516.5.

(Ord. No. 2027, § 3, 11-6-2024)

Any amounts paid by the city for retirement, health and welfare, and federal social security benefits shall not be included for purposes of determining salary under this section, provided that the same benefits are available and paid by the city for its employees.

(Ord. No. 2027, § 3, 11-6-2024)

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 by each member in the performance of official duties for the city.

(Ord. No. 2027, § 3, 11-6-2024)

This chapter shall become operative only on and after the date upon which one or more members of the council become eligible for the salary prescribed in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2027, § 3, 11-6-2024)