Ordinance No. 743ORDINANCE NO. 743
} AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
AMENDING THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE BY REVISING CERTAIN
SECTIONS THEREOF AND AUTHORIZING INCREASES IN COUNCIL
SALARIES TO ACHIEVE CONSISTENCY WITH SECTION 36516
OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE.
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 setting councilmanic compensation
consistent with the amounts established by the California Government Code;
and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding changes in the cost of living, the
compensation for City Council Members in the City of Cypress has not
changed since 1972; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires, consistent with the provisions of
its Charter, to adjust compensation as of the effective date of this
Ordinance to reflect the appropriate level of compensation permissively set
forth in the Government Code for a city with a population such as that of
the City of Cypress.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 -3.2 shall be amended to read as follows:
As of the date of passage of Ordinance No. 299, first
enacting Sections 2 -3.1 to 2 -3.6, the estimate of population
of the City made by the Department of Finance was 15,350.
SECTION 2.
Section 2 -3.3 shall be amended to read as follows:
Each member of the Council of the City shall receive
as salary the sum of Three Hundred Seventy -seven Dollars and
Fourteen Cents ($377.14) per month, which amount is based upon
the compensation set forth in Section 36516 of the Government
Code for cities over 35,000 up to and including 50,000
in population, as adjusted to provide for 5% increases permitted
by Section 36516. Such salaries shall hereafter be increased
5% annually pursuant to Section 36516 absent further action by the
City Council to contrary effect. Such salaries shall be payable
at the same time and in the same manner as the salaries are paid
to other officer and employees of the City.
SECTION 3.
Section 2 -3.4 shall be amended to read as follows:
Following any new and later estimate of population
made by the Department of Finance placing the City in a
population category other than that set forth in Section 2 -3.3,
the salary hereby payable to each member of the Council shall
be increased or decreased according to the schedule presented
in Section 36516 of the Government Code.
SECTION 4.
Section 2 -3.6 is repealed.
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SECTION 5.
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or
place, 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 or its application
to other persons or places. 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
only one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses,
phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its passage and adoption. At least fifteen (15) days before
its effective date, it shall be posted in three public places within the
City.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held
on the 8th day of April 1985 and finally adopted and ordered posted at a
regular meeting held on the 22nd day of April 1985.
ATTEST:
CITY CC _K •N TH , ITY CYPRESS
STATE OF CAL1FORNIL. )
COUNTY OF OR.aNCE ) SS
MAYO'S OF THE CITY OF C PRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 22nd day of April 1985; by the folloiling roll
call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Lacayo, Mullen, Par and Kanel
0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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