(A) Purpose. This section is enacted pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code § 36516, authorizing the Council to provide by ordinance that each member of the Council receive a prescribed salary, the amount of which is based upon the population of the city as determined by estimates made by the State Department of Finance.
(B) Salaries. The compensation of the members of the City Council shall be as set from time to time by the Council in accordance with state law provisions.
(C) Increase or decrease. Following any new and later estimate of population made by the Department of Finance, placing the city in a population group other than that set forth in division (B) of this section, the salary payable to each member of the Council shall be increased or decreased accordingly by ordinance to equal the sum prescribed for that population group in Cal. Gov't Code § 36514, as added by Chapter 286 of the Statutes of 1965; provided, however, that the salary as so increased or decreased shall become payable only on and after the date upon which one or more members of the Council become eligible therefor by virtue of beginning a new term of office following the next succeeding general municipal election held in the city.
(D) Reimbursement. The salaries prescribed in this section are and shall be exclusive of any amounts payable to each member of the Council as reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of official duties for the city.
(E) Operative date. This section shall become operative only on and after the date upon which one or more members of the Council of the city become eligible for the salary prescribed in this section by virtue of beginning a new term of office following the general municipal election next succeeding its effective date.
('81 Code, § 2.04.040) (Ord. 785, passed - -82)