HomeMy WebLinkAbout58-21RESOLUTION No. 58-z±
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Ukiah, California, submitting to the Qualified
Electors of said City at the General Election to
be Held in Said City on April 8, 1988, the Question
of Whether Ordinance No. 452 Establishing and
Limiting the Compensation of Councilmen be ~mended.
~VHEREAS pursuant to law a General ~'~unicipal Election
il will be held in the City of Ukiah, a l'~unicipaa. Corpora'~ion of
~the 8th Class on Tuesday, April 8, 1958, and
WHEREA~ section. 5~518 of the Government Code of
~California provides for the submission to the voters oJ.' the
question of increasing or diminishing the compensation of Council-
~men .t'or their services, and
~74EREAS the growth of this conununity has ~ul'uiplied
~'ithe complexity of the duties of the City Council and is causing
~. increasing demands to be ~made upon ~he time of the Councilmen
!at the expense of their personal business and while Councilmen
!now accepl: personal losses to serve the Cit~~ there is a danger
!
i that, in the future, .the small compensa'~ion now provided will
prevent otherwise qua±±fied and active citizens from seeking the
!i
:~i oi'fice, and
WHEREAS increo, s~d compensation should not be pa:id to
'councilmen heretofore elected duri~ their current term o~' office, i
NOW TITEREF0iiE B.s IT H~SOLVED BY TIdE CITY COUNCIL 0F
THE CITY OF UKIAH AS FOLLOWS:
~ First: The prooosition, oJ-' whether the members of the
City Council of the City of Ukiah sna~l receive increased com-
pensal~ion for their services over that provided by Ordinance NOo
ii~2 is nereb~ submitted, pursuant ~o Section 565i~ oi~ the Govern-
I ment Code and Section l't'l'~ o~~ '~,ne Elections Code of the State of
iiCa±ifornia ~o the e±ec~ors or ~'~e City of Ukiah a~ the Genera±
!it~,~unicipal~ Elec-~ion to be held in said City on Tuesda//, April 8,
~1°~8. The question so submitted shall be p~inted on ~he ballo~s
il used at such election substantiaLl~ as I'oilows:
i! "Shall s~ction 2[ of Ordinance No. 452 of the Cit7 of
[! Ukiah which i:eads:
"The members or the City Council of ~he City of Ukiah
shall each be paid ten dollar, s ($10.00) ior each
meeting of the said council attended, but not exceeding
I'our (4) meetings in any one ~onth. The member of said
Council selected by said council as ~ayor o!~ the City
of Ukiah shall be paid the additional sum of Twenty
dolla~.s (2~.00) each month. All such compensation shaili
be in a~ition to actual and necessa~y expenses incu~.re~
by the members of said council in the performance of
City business."
I be revised to read as follows:
SECTION 1:
"The members or the City Council of the City of Ukiah
shall each be paid ~75.00 per month. The member of
said Council selected by said Council as ~.~iayor of the
Cits~ of Ukiah shall be paid an additional sum of .~;50.00
per month. All such compensation shall be in addition
to actual and necessary expenses incurred by ~he members
of said Council in the performance of City business.
i!with the word~ "Yes" and "~o"
so prin~ed in connection therewith
il that the electors may express their choice.
~ Second: The Ci~ rk
~ ~ Cle o~' the City of Ukial~ is hereby
il directed to plac~ on the hal±ets to be ~sed at saia election
i proposition aforesaid.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS l~th da~. of February 19~8
i by the following vote:
C ounc il~en:
AYES: Rones, ~Vagner, ~iercer, ~azzoni and Runkei
EOES .' None.
ABS~qT: None. .~-~ ..,
Nayo~
ATTEST:
Clt~y Cler~ ........ "
I hereby ce~tif~ that the ~oregoing Resolution was
~duly and regularly passed by '~ne City Council of the City of
~Ukiah a~ a reg~ar meeting thereof held
~le'r}~~ of tAe City of Ukiah