Sec. 9. Salaries of councilmembers.

Effective the first Monday of December, 2023, the annual salary of the Council Members shall equal the annual salary of members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors, as set by Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) Section 11-419(A) or any successor statute, payable in biweekly installments; PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT, consistent with Article 4, Part 2, Section 17 of the Arizona Constitution, any subsequent increase in the Council Members' salaries based on an increase to the salary of members of the Board of Supervisors through amendment of A.R.S. § 11-419(A) or any successor statute shall not take effect until the next succeeding first Monday of December of an odd year, when, pursuant to the Tucson Charter, newly elected or re-elected members of Mayor and Council begin their new terms.

(Ord. No. 1142, eff. 6-23-48; Ord. No. 3466, eff. 2-5-71; Ord. No. 5860, § 1, eff. 11-23-83; Ord. No. 8573, § 1, 9-5-95; Ord. No. 9270, § 1, eff. 12-2-99; Prop. 413, eff. 12-4-23)

   Editors Note: Proposition No. 100, approved at a Charter Amendment Special Election held on November 2, 1999 became effective December 2, 1999. Salary adjustments went into effect December 6, 1999.

Sec. 9.1. Compensation of elected city officers; commission on salaries for elected officers.

   (a)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, the salaries for elected city officials shall be set in conformity with this Charter provision. Such salaries as are presently established may be altered from time to time by the procedures established in this provision.

   (b)   There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"), the first such Commission to be appointed prior to January 15, 1995.

   (c)   The Commission shall be composed of seven (7) persons who are qualified electors of the city. Members will be nominated from the community at large after the city publicly advertises for nominations from interested organizations or individuals. Appointments from these nominations shall be made by the city manager, and shall serve for two-month terms. The first Commission is to take office January 15, 1995, and new appointments are to be made every two (2) years thereafter, said members to take office on January 15 of the respective year.

   (d)   All members shall be selected in such a way as to provide for the maximum representation from among the city's diverse economic, environmental, racial, ethnic and cultural groups.

Members of the Commission shall be selected without regard to political affiliation, and should be selected from among persons who have experience or expertise in such areas as government, personnel management, or public administration.

No person shall serve as a member of the Commission who is an officer or employee of the City of Tucson, or a parent, sibling, spouse, child or dependent relative of an officer or employee of the City of Tucson.

A vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be immediately filled by the manager with an individual possessing the same qualifications as the person originally appointed, and that individual shall serve for the balance of the term of the vacancy so filled.

The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. The city shall provide the Commission with such staff as is necessary to perform its functions and shall provide recordkeeping or other facilities as needed.

   (e)   The Commission shall, during its two-month term, conduct a review of the salaries of elected city officials. Such review shall be made for the purpose of determining and recommending the appropriate salaries commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the positions covered by such review.

At no time may the Commission recommend a salary for councilmembers which exceeds the salary set for members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors pursuant to A.R.S. section 11-419(A).

At no time may the Commission recommend a salary for the mayor which exceeds one and one-half (1 1/2) times the salary set for members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors pursuant to A.R.S. section 11-419(A).

   (f)   The commission shall file, no later than March 15, 1995, and no later than March 15th of every second year thereafter, a report of the results of each review conducted by the Commission together with its recommendations. The city clerk shall post the Commission's report in a prominent position at the office of the city clerk for a period of thirty (30) days subsequent to the filing of the report.

   (g)   The Commission's salary recommendations shall be placed on the ballot for voter approval or rejection at the next general election, and shall be effective only if approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon. If the recommendations are rejected by a majority of the voters at the next general election, the salaries for elected city officials shall continue at their pre-existing levels.

(Ord. No. 8118, eff. 9-7-93)

   Editors Note: Proposition No. 100, approved at a special election held on November 2, 1993.

Sec. 10. Salary of other officers.

The salaries of all city officers, except those specified in section 11 of this chapter, shall be fixed, and may be changed, increased or modified by ordinance of the mayor and council. (Mo. of 4-1-41, eff. 5-16-41)

Sec. 11. Salaries of engineer, superintendent of streets, superintendent of water, and officers provided by ordinance.

The salaries of the engineer, the superintendent of streets, the superintendent of the water department, and such other officers as from time to time may have heretofore or may hereafter be created pursuant to subsection 14 of section 2 of this chapter shall be fixed by the manager, and may be changed, increased or modified by the manager; provided, however, that such salaries and all changes therein shall be in accordance with the compensation plan adopted by the mayor and council.

(Mo. of 4-1-41, eff. 5-16-41; Prop. 404, eff. 2-2-2016)

Sec. 12. Citizenship of clerks and deputies.

All clerks and deputies of the city must be citizens of the United States, or have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States.

Sec. 13. Appointment, removal of deputies, clerks and employees generally.

   (a)    The manager shall appoint and remove all deputies, clerks and employees in his or her own office and those of all boards whose members serve without compensation from the city. The officer, director or head of any department or office who is appointed by the manager shall, with the manager’s approval, appoint and remove all deputies, clerks and employees in his or her respective department or office, and the officer, director or head of any department or office, appointed by the mayor and council, shall appoint all deputies, clerks and employees in their respective departments or offices; provided, however, that all such appointments and removals of deputies, clerks or employees shall be made solely on the basis of merits as determined by the civil service rules and regulations as provided for elsewhere in this chapter.

   (b)    Notwithstanding the civil service provisions of this Charter, the mayor and each member of the council shall appoint and remove all employees in their respective offices, and none of the civil service provisions of the Charter, city ordinances or civil service rules and regulations shall apply to such employees.

(Mo. of 4-1-41, eff. 5-16-41; Ord. No. 4394, eff. 19-76; Ord. No. 7274, § 1, eff. 12-11-79; Prop. 404, eff. 2-2-2016)

   Editors Note: Proposition 104 of an election called by Ord. No. 7274 for Nov. 7, 1989, approved by the governor Dec. 11, 1989, designated the existing text of § 13 as subsection (a) and added new subsection (b).