Explanation
Background: This ordinance amends the Management Compensation Plan (MCP) to set salaries for the City Auditor and City Attorney for years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The MCP has established salaries for those positions only through 2009. This ordinance also amends the MCP to set salaries for City Council Members and the City Council President for 2012 and 2013. The salaries for City Council Members and City Council President were set for the years 2010 and 2011 in Ordinance No. 1940-2007. It is necessary to review and set future salaries before the beginning of new terms of office in January 2010. 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 Auditor and City Attorney for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, and for City Council Members and City Council President for 2012 and 2013; and to declare an emergency.
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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 the City Auditor and City Attorney for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, or for City Council Members and City Council President for 2012 and 2013; 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, b...
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