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ORD 419 ORDINANCE NO. 419 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA QUINT A, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LA QUINT A 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 $200.00. 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: "six hundred fifty dollars" and replace with "eight hundred fifty dollars" The amended section reads as follows: Compensation shall be paid to each member of the city council in the amount of eight 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, 2005. Ordinance No. 419 Amending Chapter 2.04 Council Compensation & Reimbursement Adopted: July 19.2005 Page 2 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 19th day of July, 2005, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Henderson, Osborne, Sniff, Mayor Adolph NOES: None ABSENT: Council Member Perkins ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: ~--e1~..b J . GREEK, CMC, Clerk City of La Quinta, California (CITY SEAL) -------.- --...-----.------ Ordinance No. 419 Amending Chapter 2.04 Council Compensation & Reimbursement Adopted: July 19. 2005 Page 3 APPROVE AS TO FORM: STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss. CITY OF LA OUINTA ) I, JUNE S. GREEK, City Clerk of the City of La Ouinta, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of Ordinance No. 419 which was introduced at a regular meeting on the 5th day of July, 2005, and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of July, 2005, 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 Ouinta as specified in City Council Resolution 98-109. ~~. --d~,-ß JUNE EEK,CMC,CityCI City of La Ouinta, California DECLARATION OF POSTING I, JUNE S. GREEK, City Clerk of the City of La Ouinta, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted on &}JL-';¡~ ~coS- , pursuant to Council Resolution. a :ruIDRÉEdé~(~lerk - J.) City of La Ouinta, California - \,.~-.~ ", '.