ORD 430ORDINANCE NO. 430
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, AN
AMENDMENT TO THE LA QUINTA CHARTER AND
MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.04 (CITY
COUNCIL)
WHEREAS, Section 2.04.050 of Chapter 2.04 of the La Quinta
Municipal Code (the "Code") concerns the City of La Quinta's (the "City") City
Council and
WHEREAS, the City will increase the City Council's monthly
compensation by $100.00.
WHEREAS, the City believes that these changes are in the best
interest of the citizens of the City of La Quinta.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of La Quinta does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. AMEND CHAPTER 2.04 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CODE AS FOLLOWS:
Delete from 2.04.050, Compensation and reimbursement, the
following: "eight hundred fifty dollars" and replace with "nine hundred
fifty dollars"
The amended section reads as follows:
Compensation shall be paid to each member of the city council
in the amount of nine hundred fifty dollars per month. The Mayor shall receive
additional compensation in the amount of seven hundred dollars per month. The
compensation prescribed herein is and shall be exclusive of any amounts payable to
each member of the Council as reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses
incurred by him or her in the performance of official duties for the City. In
recognition that on a daily basis members of the Council are incurring expenses for
automobile use, phone use and other costs in performing these official functions,
an amount equal to three hundred dollars per month shall be deemed equivalent to
the actual and necessary use reimbursement for the Mayor and the Council
Members representing regular expenses incurred in the Coachella Valley. Further, in
the event a Council Member or the Mayor wishes to utilize a personal mobile phone
rather than a City -issued mobile phone, an additional reimbursement amount of
twenty-five dollars shall be added to the monthly reimbursement amounts set forth
herein. In the event that official duties require travel outside the Coachella Valley or
overnight, and costs shall be reimbursed according to the City's adopted policy for
such expenditures. The compensation amount will effective from July 1, 2006.
Ordinance No. 430
Amending Chapter 2.04
Council Compensation & Reimbursement
Adopted: October 17, 2006
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SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect thirty (30) days after adoption.
SECTION 3. POSTING: The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to
be posted in at least three public places designated by resolution of the City
Council, shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance, and shall cause
this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting to be entered
into the BOOK of ORDINANCES of the City of La Quinta.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on this 17"' day of October, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Kirk, Osborne, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
CMC, City Clerk
City of La Quirita, California
(CITY SEAL)
DONALD ADOLPH, Ma
City of La Quinta, California
Ordinance No. 430
Amending Chapter 2.04
Council Compensation & Reimbursement
Adopted: October 17, 2006
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APPROVE AS TO FORM:
M. KATH631NE JENSQ ity Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ► ss.
CITY OF LA QUINTA 1
I, VERONICA J. MONTECINO, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do
hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of Ordinance No.
430 which was introduced at a regular meeting on the 3rd day of October, 2006,
and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the 171" day of October, 2006, not
being less than 5 days after the date of introduction thereof.
I further certify that the foregoing Ordinance was posted in three places within the
City of La Quinta as specified in City Council Resolution 98-109.
City of La Qu
ITECINO, CMC, City Clerk
California
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, VERONICA J. MONTECINO, City Clerk of the City of La Quin a, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted on D
pursuant to Council Resolution.
VERONICA J. 4ONTECINO, CMC, City Clerk
City of La Q inta, California