Sections:
2.08.010 Office created—Term.
2.08.020 Eligibility.
2.08.030 Limits on city administration compensation.
2.08.040 (Reserved).
2.08.045 Application of city administration compensation limits.
2.08.050 Designation of acting city manager.
2.08.060 Powers and duties.
2.08.070 Relations with council.
2.08.080 Departmental cooperation.
2.08.090 (Reserved).
2.08.100 (Reserved).
2.08.110 (Reserved).
2.08.120 (Reserved).
2.08.130 (Reserved).
2.08.140 Removal—Limitation.
2.08.150 (Reserved).
2.08.160 (Reserved).
2.08.170 (Reserved).
2.08.180 Public projects.
The office of the city manager is created and established. The city manager shall be appointed by the city council wholly on the basis of administrative and executive ability and qualifications. The city manager shall hold office for and during the pleasure of the city council.
(Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 2.08.010)
No chief city administrative official(s), including city manager and their direct reports, shall have annual salaries with benefits or a combined hourly rate with overtime and benefits that exceed a rate of two and one-half (2.5) times the median family/household income of the people of the city. Benefits include, but are not limited to, car, gas, life insurance, health/medical insurance, and any other personal usage benefits. Fire, police, and other emergency public safety personnel are excluded from this initiative. This law would be waived during states of emergency except those that are budgetary or administrative in nature.
(Ord. 446, 2010; Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 2.08.030)
A. For purposes of applying Section 2.08.030, the factors to be considered by the city council in setting the salary of a city manager include, but are not limited to:
1. The average base salary of employees in comparable positions in cities in the following counties, with populations between 75,000 and 150,000: Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernadino, Riverside and Imperial;
2. 2.5 times the median family income for the city of Murrieta.
3. It will be the qualifications and performance of the city manager that will determine the actual salary set by the city council.
B. In determining and evaluating comparable cities, consideration will also be based on:
1. Number of city employees;
2. City population;
3. Median family income;
4. Socio-economics;
5. Experience;
6. Specialized training;
7. Job requirements of city manager.
C. Nothing in this section is intended to mean that the city council is delegating or abrogating its authority to set the salary of the city manager pursuant to Section 36506 of the Government Code.
(Ord. 458 § 1, 2011)
The assistant city manager shall serve as manager pro tempore during any temporary absence or disability of the city manager. In the event there is no assistant city manager to so act, the city manager, by a letter filed with the city clerk, shall designate a qualified city administrative officer to exercise the powers and perform the duties of manager during his or her temporary absence or disability. The city council may appoint an acting or interim city manager. (Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 2.08.050)
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