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Public Hearing to Consider Waiving the First Reading and Introducing an Urgency Ordinance to Repeal and Replace Lodi Municipal Code 2.08 City Councilmember Salaries In Its Entirety Pursuant to SB 329 and to Allow Salary Increases to Begin With the December 2024 Council Term (CM)
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MEETING DATE:
November 6, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Scott R. Carney, City Manager and Katie O. Lucchesi, City Attorney
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Public Hearing to consider waiving the first reading and introducing an urgency ordinance to repeal and replace Lodi Municipal Code 2.08 City Councilmember salaries in its entirety pursuant to SB 329 and to allow salary increases to begin at the December 2024 Council term (CM).
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In 2008, the City Council of the City of Lodi ("City") set the salaries for the Mayor and City Councilmembers (collectively "Councilmembers") at $860 per month (Lodi Municipal Code Section 2.08.020) based on the law in effect at the time. That salary amount was tied to the City's population being over 50,000 (Former Gov. Code Section 36516(a)(3), as existing before January 1, 2024). Councilmember's $860 monthly salary amount has not been increased since 2008. In light of the revisions to Government Code 36516 made by California Senate Bill 329 (Chp 27, Stats 2023) ("SB 329"), further discussed below, staff recommends that Council consider a draft urgency ordinance increasing Council Member salaries to take effect with the next Council term on December 18, 2024.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
SB 329 was signed into law in June of 2023 and its changes took effect January 1, 2024.
The legislation amended Government Code Section 36516, increasing the maximum monthly salary payable to councilmembers of general law cities, such as the City of Lodi. In enacting SB 329, the Legislature found that "[t]he compensation schedule for general law cities has not been adjusted since 1984, meaning that city council compensation ha...
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