Explanation
Background: This ordinance amends the Management Compensation Plan (MCP) to set salaries for City Council Members and the City Council President for 2014 and 2015. The salaries for City Council Members and City Council President were set for the years 2012 and 2013 in Ordinance No. 1666-2009. It is necessary to review and set future salaries before the beginning of new terms of office in January 2012. Pursuant to City Charter Section 15, salaries for these positions cannot be increased or diminished during an elected official's term of office.
Title
To amend the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No. 1150-2007, as amended, by providing the salaries for the City Council Members and City Council President for 2014 and 2015; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Columbus dictates that salaries for all elected officials be established prior to the beginning of an official's respective term of office; and
WHEREAS, the current Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No. 1150-2007, as amended, does not provide for salaries for City Council Members and City Council President for 2014 and 2015; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to provide for the salaries of these elected officials prior to the beginning of their terms in January, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That Sections 5(E)-C215, 5(E)-C220, 5(E)-C180, and 5(E)-C185 of Ordinance No. 1150-2007, as amended, be amended as follows:
Ord. Sec.: 5(E)-C215
Class Code: 0400
Class Title: City Council Member (E)
Grade: $46,308/yr. (2012 as estalbished by 1666-2009);
$47,697/yr. (2013 as established by 1666-2009);
Eff. 1/1/14, $50,081/yr.;
Eff. 1/1/15, $52,585/yr.
Ord. Sec.: 5(E)-C220
Class Code: 0405
Class Title: City Council President (E)
Grade: $55,707/yr. (2012 as established by 1666-2009);
$57,378/yr. (2013 as established by 1666-2009);
Eff. 1/1/14, $60,246/yr.;
Eff. 1/1/15, $63,259/yr.
Section 2. That the salaries as amended herein be effective with the beginning of the new term for those elected to the offices of City Council Member (E) and City Council President (E), beginning January 1, 2012.
Section 3. That existing Sections 5(E)-C215, 5(E)-C220, 5(E)-C180, and 5(E)-C185 of Ordinance No. 1150-2007, as amended, are repealed with the effective date of the changes herein.
Section 4. That, to the extent applicable to elected officials, the non-compensation benefits for those elected to the offices of City Council Member (E), City Council President (E), shall be the same as provided for in Ordinance No. 1150-2007, as amended, or as hereafter provided in the Management Compensation Plan.
Section. 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in full force from and after approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.