MEETING DATE:
May 27, 2025
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-9442 - APPROVING INCREASING THE SALARIES OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSISTENT WITH ORDINANCE NO. 2009-1315
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Recommendation
Recommendation
APPROVE the resolution approving a salary increase for the Mayor and City Council Members by an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index, consistent with Ordinance No. 2009-1315.
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Board or Commission Action
Not Applicable
Relevant Council Strategic Theme
Good Governance
Relevant Department Goal
To ensure that the City Council Member salaries are increased in accordance with voter-approved ordinance.
Introduction
San Marcos Municipal Code (SMMC) section 2.08.030 authorizes a salary to be paid to the Mayor and each Council Member, with an annual increase equal to the increase in the area Consumer Price Index (CPI), up to a maximum of five percent each year.
Despite the authorized annual increase, the current Mayor and Council Members are being paid the same amount as their counterparts were paid in 2009. This action would approve an increase in the Mayor and Council Members' salaries and would re-initiate a process for future annual increases, in accordance with section 2.08.030 and Ordinance No. 2009-1315.
Discussion
In 1988, the City's voters approved Ordinance No. 90-866. That Ordinance established a salary of $600 per year for each City Council Member, and authorized the salary to be adjusted by ordinance, in an amount not to exceed five percent per year. In 2009, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2009-1315. That Ordinance acknowledged the City Council's then-current salary of $977.64 per month and the City's plenary authority over municipal affairs, including officers' salaries. It also provided that City Council Member salaries would be increased annually in an amount representing the prior year's upward adjustment in the San Diego CPI, up to a maximum of ...
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