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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SARATOGA CITY CODE
CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings.
The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. Section 2-10.180(a) of the City Code requires payment of $250 per month to
members of the City Council.
B. The City has determined that such payments should be solely for the purpose of
compensation, not for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of
official duties.
C. This ordinance amends the City Code to clarify that the monthly payments to the
City Council are for purposes of compensation only.
Section 2. Adoption.
The Sazatoga City Code is hereby amended by adding the text shown in bold italics
(example) and deleting the text shown in strikeout (ex-afxple) in the sections listed below:
2-10.180 Expense allowance.
(a) Each member of the City Council shall be paid the sum of two hundred
fifty dollars per month for each month during which a Council member
shall hold office. Such payment is to compensate City Council members
for attendance at meetings of the City Council, meetings of advisory
bodies, and conferences or organized educational activities. Sack
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(b) The City Council shall by resolution, establish a policy for the
reimbursement of actual and reasonable expenses
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limited to, the cost of travel, meals, lodging and registration fees for
attendance at meetings or functions as the designated representative of the
City Council. Such policy may be amended from time to time by a
resolution of the City Council
Section 3. Severance Clause.
The City Council declares that each section, sub-section, paragraph, sub-paragraph,
sentence, clause and phrase of this ordinance is severable and independent of every other section,
sub-section, paragraph, sub-paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase of this ordinance. If any
section, sub-section, pazagraph, sub-paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is
held invalid, the City Council declazes that it would have adopted the remaining provisions of
this ordinance irrespective of the portion held invalid, and further declazes its express intent that
the remaining portions of this ordinance should remain in effect after the invalid portion has been
eliminated.
Section 4. Publication.
This ordinance or a comprehensive summary thereof shall be published once in a newspaper of
general circulation of the City of Saratoga within fifteen days after its adoption.
The foregoing ordinance was introduced and read at the regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 16`h day of October, 2006, and was adopted by the
following vote following a second reading on the ls` day ofNovember, 2006:
AYES: Councilmembers Kathleen King, Nick Streit, Ann Waltonsmith, Vice Mayor Aileen Kao,
Mayor Norman Kline
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
MAYOR, CITY OF SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA
Richard Taylor
CITY ATTORNEY