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Home My WebLink About1981-2556 SALARIES & FRINGE BENEGITS FOR MAYOR & OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. • ORDINANCE NO. - AN ORDINANCE relating to City government personnel; spedifying the salaries and fringe benefits for the Mayor and other City Council members; enacting Section 2.20. 094 as a new Section, and repealing Sections 2.20. 411 093 and 2.20.095, all of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Section 2.20.094 is hereby enacted as a new section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as follows: "2.20.094 Salary of Mayor and Councilmembers -- Fringe Benefits. A. Salary of Mayor. The Mayor shall be paid a salary computed on a monthly basis, but paid quarterly. The salary of the Mayor for the two year term commencing January 1, 1982 410 and for the two successive terms, shall be as follows: Term Commencing Salary per Month January, 1982 $500.00 January, 1984 $570.00 January, 1986 $650.00 B. Salaries of Councilmembers. Councilmembers shall be paid salaries computed on a monthly basis, but paid quarterly. The salaries for Councilmembers elected to take office for the terms commencing January 1, 1982, 1984 and 1986 shall be as follows: Term Commencing Salary per Month January, 1982 $250.00 January, 1984 $285.00 'January, 1986 $325.00 C. Fringe Benefits. Commencing January 1, 1982, members of the City Council, including the Mayor, shall receive no compensation for serving as Mayor or Councilmember other than the salary provided by Sub Section A and B of this Section, and the following additional benefits, which are hereby auth- orized: 1. Reimbursement for expenditures as provided by Section 2.20.086 of this Chapter; 2. Protection of a $5,000 life insurance policy, with the premium fully paid'by the City; 3. Protection of Workmen's Compensation Insurance coverage under the State Industrial Insurance system; 411 4. Protection by a policy of insurance known variously as professional liability insurance or errors and omission insurance, covering Council members acting in their official capacity, with coverage in the same amount as obtained from time to time for the protection of other City officers and employees, with the premium fully paid by the City; 5. Payment by the City of its portion of Social Security payroll tax on earnings of Council members; and any other benefits expressly required by applicable laws." Section 2. Sections 2.20.093 and 2.20.095 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code are hereby repealed, effective January 1, 1982; provided, the provisions of Section 2.20.095 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code applicable to incumbent Council members who are precluded by law from a salary increase or decrease 410 during their term of office shall remain in effect as to those Council members for such time as required by law, until provi- sions of Section 2.20.094 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, enacted by this ordinance, are applicable. Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as pro- vided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this day of October, 1981. 4 /I Mayor ATTEST: City/ erk 411 - To City Council Members 5/26/81 . From: Council - Reorganization Committee Re: Proposed Recommendations General Observations: 4Ik 1. The Council Reorganization Committee (CRC) has examined the role of the ayor within the Council structure and would like to make the following observations: a. The Charter .and Rules or Procedure For 1110 Council limil Ihe roh. • mayor to the Following nreas: • • 1 . Chu 1 rpor:--;on 1 he Comic i I 4.4 uldw• I wee I i ii',: 2. Represent the City iI ceromonial/civi0 even1:: 3. Power to.ask emergencis h) he declared b. The Mayor's salary was set originally at $1 1)0.01) more thvn fellow Council Members per year c. The job or Mayor has expanded !,really under I last Hire'. mayors d. The CRC is concerned that a precedent may have been set by the slow expansion of the mayor's job. We are concerned that in the future, know one may have the desire or time to devote to the job of mayor as it is being presently expended. Because of.this, we would like to encourage that the mayor's job responsibilities he voluntarily reduced i n scope. e. Present and past Council Members(for one reason or another) have seemed to have forced more and more work on the mayor. Council Members must assume their share of the work and responsibilities in the city. f. The.CRC is also concerned with the confusion exibited by citizens at times regarding the role of Mayor and City Because of the expansion of the role of the mayor, at times it appears to the public that the mayor, and not the city manager, runs the city. We would like the city manager to be looked upon as the overall manager or city functionS, which should enhance his contact with the public. g. We are also concerned that the mayor hears the costs for most (ir not all) of the ceremonial gifts, etc: presented to visitors. Some solution has to be found to this problem. • Following are some recommendations and proposed legislation that might aid in some of these areas... • • ._ • • • • 41111, • 4111 • • • • • • . • Council Reorganization Committee Report. -Page 2 Recommendations from the committee to the Council (Can be accepted by general consensus) 1. That this committee be authorized to discuss with the Visitors & Con- vention Bureau the possibilities of setting-up an annual promotion fund (using City monies) to help finance the costs (previously paid by the mayor) for ceremonial gifts For visi tors and other special celebrations. 2. That Cl >UIII' I 1 Members IIIII:;I I' \ � �� ::�'I'V�' 4411 ;I I I boa rd; ; and comm 1: ; Ion: ( except those that are Mayor mandated). :3. That Council Members should expect to participate more actively in city /community events. '1. That the Mayor's ,joh should he II part-time ime Ilo;;i I ion (:'.(► hours or less per week) .. The Mayor should he c ' n l ' o 1 1 r ; c t ' ; I ' c l lo p r i o r i t i z e community com- mitments to the time available. 5. All Council Members should be covered by a life /liability insurance policy (while on Council business) paid for by the City. • • • • ..! (6'uncil huorg:Intation C,mimiity 16Turi Page 3 Salary Increases (vote to prepare legislation) EFFECTIVE JANUARY, 1982 III Salaries for the Council and Mayor will he compAted on a monthly basis and paid quarterly in accordance with the Charter. 2. Council Members and Mayor will not recieve city paid retirement or 0 ealth/Medical benefits. 1 . Council Members and Mayor will be covered by a life insurance policy the same or similar to that provided city employees Salaries for Council Members and Mayor shall be: (shown per month) effective date Council Salary Mayor's Salary January, 1982 $250.00 $500.00 $:1: .0(1 iiicrea::0) ($200.00 decrease) January, 1984 $285.00 $570.00 ($35.00 increase) ($70.00 increase) iiianuary, 1986 $325.00 $650.00 ($40.00 increase) . ($80.00 increase) • . \6 Other projects pending with the committee: 1. City Manager Evaluation Form 2. V & C Promotional Fund for Council 3. Council Travel Budget . i 110 • ... II • . • . . ill , ,