REPORT TO SALARY SETTING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Overview of Legislative Actions, Review of Comparator Agency Information and Recommendations for Process to Review and Set Elected Legislative Officials Compensation
Report
BACKGROUND
Charter Section 702 requires the Salary Setting Commission to set the salary of the Mayor and Council prior to March 15, 2019 and thereafter, every two years. The Charter provision also provides that salaries so established by the Commission shall not exceed one hundred ten percent (110%) of the previous figure. The Charter provision is included herewith as Attachment 1.
DISCUSSION
This report is to introduce the legislative provisions establishing the Commission's purpose, relative to Mayor and Council, to provide written guidelines and parameters to the Commission on how to proceed with its work, and to introduce and discuss compensation information for the City, its elected officials, and comparative information from other agencies.
Pursuant to the Brown Act, discussion of City Clerk and Chief of Police salary or compensation may only occur at regular meetings (rather than special meetings), and will be agendized accordingly once regular meeting dates are established. Further, setting the compensation of the Clerk and the Police Chief may involve other considerations that are not applicable to the Mayor and Council, staff will provide an analysis at a future regular meeting.
Legislative provisions: As described above, the governing legislative provision establishing the Commission's purpose and objectives is:
* City Charter Section 702: "Commencing on July 1, 2017, each member of the City Council, other than the Mayor, shall receive as compensation the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per month. The Mayor shall receive as compensation the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per month.
Commencing on July 1, 2019, and every two years on July 1 thereafter, the compensation of the City Council and Mayor shall...
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