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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DiTullio
Council Bill No. 30
Ordinance No. 1175
Series of 1999
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY CLERK AND THE
TREASURER.
FOR
CITY
WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Home Rule Charter provides that compensation
of the City's elected officials must be established by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Home Rule Charter prohibits the Council from
increasing or decreasing an elected official's compensation during his term of
office, and
WHEREAS, at the November 2, 1999, municipal election, new terms of
office will begin for four (4) Council members and for the City Clerk and City
Treasurer, and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to increase the compensation for these
elected officials.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Section 1. Compensation for City Council Members.
The salaries for those terms of Council members commencing upon the
November 2, 1999, municipal election shall be $6,000 per year, Such Council
members shall have the option, which must be exercised in writing but not sooner
than November 3, 1999, to choose not to receive all or any portion of said
compensation.
Section 2. Compensation for City Clerk.
The salary for the City Clerk, commencing with the term for the Clerk which
begins upon the November 2, 1999, municipal election, shall be $33,000 per year.
In the event, and only in the event, the voters of the City approve, at the
November 2, 1999, municipal election, an amendment to Charter Section 3.7 to
provide for a four-year term of office for the City Clerk, the salary of the City Clerk
shall be automatically be increased to $37,000 per year effective November 6,
2001. The City Clerk shall have the option, which must be exercised in writing but
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not sooner than November 3, 1999, to choose not to receive all or any portion of
said compensation.
Section 3. Compensation for City Treasurer.
The salary for the City Treasurer, commencing with the term for the
Treasurer which begins upon the November 2, 1999, municipal election, shall be
$33,000 per year. In the event, and only in the event, the voters of the City
approve, at the November 2, 1999, Municipal Election, an amendment to Charter
Section 3.9 to provide for a four-year term of office for the City Treasurer, the
salary of the City Treasurer shall be automatically be increased to $37,000 per year
effective November 6, 2001. The City Treasurer shall have the option, which must
be exercised in writing but not sooner than November 3, 1999, to choose not to
receive all or any portion of said compensation.
Section 4. 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.
Section 5. Severability: Conflictinq Ordinances Repealed. If any section,
subsection or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses
shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after
final publication, as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to
o on this 27th day of September , 1999, 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 October 11, . 1999, at
7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat
Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 8 to 0 , this 11 th day of October , 1999.
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SIGNED by the Mayor on this
ATTEST:
First Publication: October 1, 1999
Second Publication: October 15, 1999
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: October 30, 1999
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12th day of
October
, 1999.
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