2.04.060 Compensation and reimbursement.

(A) Compensation shall be paid to each member of the council in the amount authorized by Section 36516 of the Government Code and established by ordinance in addition to any other compensation permitted by applicable law.

(1) Consistent with Government Code Section 36516(a)(2)(A), the city council establishes the compensation to be paid to each member as nine hundred fifty dollars per month.

(2) Consistent with Government Code Section 36516(c), the compensation to be paid to members shall be increased by five percent, which is an increase of fifteen dollars to the three hundred dollars.

(3) The ordinance codified in this chapter shall become effective on January 1, 2024.

(4) Notwithstanding the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, consistent with Government Code Section 36516.5, the salaries of the members of the city council shall not be increased to nine hundred fifty dollars per month until November 6, 2024.

(B) The compensation prescribed in this section 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; and, accordingly, each member of the council shall receive reimbursement for such actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties of the city, pursuant to the provisions of Section 36514.5 of the Government Code, as amended from time to time. Such reimbursement shall be as established by a policy resolution adopted by the council.