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File #: 17-1381    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 11/13/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/12/2017 Final action: 12/12/2017
Title: Ordinance No. 17-111 repealing Ordinance No. 17-12 (approving the salary of the City Council Administrator) and prescribing the salary of the City Council Administrator Presenter: Council President Richard Skorman
Attachments: 1. 2018GonzalezSalaryOrdinance, 2. Signed Ordinance 17-111


Title
Ordinance No. 17-111 repealing Ordinance No. 17-12 (approving the salary of the City Council Administrator) and prescribing the salary of the City Council Administrator

Presenter:
Council President Richard Skorman

Body
Summary:
City Charter Article III, Section 3-10(e) and City Code Section 1.2.203 require that the salary of the City Council Administrator be prescribed by ordinance.

The proposed Ordinance would repeal Ordinance No. 17-12, which had prescribed the annual salary of the City Council Administrator, Eileen Lynch Gonzalez, at $88,659.35, together with applicable benefits commencing on January 1, 2017, and prescribe the new annual salary of the City Council Administrator commencing January 1, 2018 at $90,530.43, together with applicable benefits.

Previous Council Action:
Pursuant to City Ordinance No. 17-12, the annual salary of the City Council Administrator, Eileen Lynch Gonzalez, was set at $88,659.35, together with applicable benefits, commencing January 1, 2017.

Background:
The proposed salary is within the range for City Council Administrator as established by City Ordinance No. 17-__, regarding the 2018 salary structure for civilian and sworn municipal employees.

The ordinance establishes the effective date of the salary increase as January 1, 2018, which is the date on which other City employee salary increases will commence.

Financial Implications:
The salary increase is $1871.08 annually for the City Council Administrator.

Board/Commission Recommendation:
N/A

Stakeholder Process:
City Council's Audit Committee, which consists of members of the public and two City Councilmembers, has reviewed and recommends the salary increase for the City Council Administrator.

Alternatives:
Do not approve the proposed ordinance.

Recommended Action
Proposed Motion:
Move for approval of the proposed Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 17-12 to prescribe the annual salary of the City Council Administrator at $90...

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