Ordinance No. 1061ORDINANCE NO. 1061
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS AND ACTING AS EX-
OFFICIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CYPRESS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT,
AMENDING SECTION 2- 3.3(b) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, ADJUSTING
COUNCIL COMPENSATION BY A 5% COST OF LIVING INCREASE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress, as a Charter City, may adjust
compensation of Council Members in conformity with provisions of its Charter; and
WHEREAS, the Charter allows for adjusting Council Members' compensation consistent
with the amounts established by the California Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Government Code Section 36516 et seq. authorizes an annual 5% cost
of living adjustment to City Council compensation; and
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election will be held on November 2, 2004, to elect two
(2) Council Members to the Cypress City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress, and
acting as the ex- officio Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District, does
ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 2- 3.3(b) of the Code of the City of Cypress shall be amended to read
as follows:
"(b) Effective on January 1, 2005, the current City Council salary of Six Hundred
Eighty -Five Dollars ($685.00) per month, shall be adjusted to Seven Hundred Fifty -
Five Dollars ($755.00) per month, reflecting a 5% adjustment each for the years 2003
and 2004, specified in subsection (a)."
Section 2. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this
Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify as to the passage
of this Ordinance and to give notice thereof by causing copies of this Ordinance to be posted in
three public places throughout the City.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City and acting as ex- officio
Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District, held on the 26th day of July,
2004, and finally adopted and order posted at a regular eting held on the 9th day of August,
2004.
MA OR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, JILL R. GUERTIN, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing was duly adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 9th day of August,
2004, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: McCoy, McGill, Sondhi, Piercy and Keenan
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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