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Ordinance No. 776
Series of 1988
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 18-31
SALARIES OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 18-31 Salaries of the Code of Laws of
the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as
follows:
18-31. Salaries.
(a) The salaries of the members of the classified service
shall be annually established by Resolution adopted by the City
Council, in the exercise of its legislative discretion.
(b) For fiscal 1990, and for each succeeding year until
this Section is revoked or amended by the City Council, and
subject to the limitations set forth herein, the City
Administrator shall prepare and submit to the City Council for
its consideration and action a budget wherein salary ranges, and
the placement of individual employees therein, shall be adjusted
to reflect the upward or downward changes in the cost of living,
as reflected and measured by the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics Consumer Price Index for all Denver urban consumers,
with the position of said index on January 1, 1989, constituting
the basis for adjustment.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 18-31(b), the
City Council retains the sole and exclusive legislative and
budgeting discretion to appropriate such funds as it deems proper
to provide for the adjustments contemplated in Section 18-31(b).
The provisions of Section 18-31(b) do not constitute, and shall
not be construed to constitute, promise, or imply, an entitlement
to a cost of living adjustment in any year, unless and until the
City Council appropriates funds as a part of its normal and
lawful budgeting process to provide therefore.
Section 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence,
paragraph, or part of this ordinance or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged
by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall
not affect application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under
the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is
promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public,
and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of
health and safety and for the protection of public convenience
and welfare. The City Council further determines that the
ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative
object sought to be attained.
1989.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
8 to 0 on this 24th day of October , 1988,
ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration
on final passage set for November 14 , 1988,
at 7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective January 1,
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of 6 to 2 this 14th day of
November , 1988.
1988.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 15th day of
November
Dan Wilde, Mayor
ATTEST:
Wanda Sang, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY
OFFICE OF~ ,ITY ATT NEY
John/E. Hayes, City/ Attorney
1st Publication: October
2nd Publication: November
Wheat Ridge Sentinel:
Effective Date: January
27, 1988
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