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ITEM INFORMATION
CAS Number: 03-050 I Original Agenda Date: 4/14/03
Agenda Item Title: Ordinance Fixing the Amount of Future Council Compensation
ITEM No.
7
I Original Sponsor: Council x Admin.
I Timeline:
Sponsor's Summary: This ordinance was written in the update of the Council operating procedures. It will
remain in the TMC directly following the procedures, but remain a separate
ordinance for ease in amending in future years.
Recommendations:
Sponsor: Recommend ordinance for adoption
Committee: Finance and Safety recommended ordinance April 8, 2003
Administration: Same as sponsor
Cost Impact (if 2004- $12,540
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Fund Source (if known) 000 General Fund
RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
Action
Discussed at COW; amendments made; forwarded to 4/21 /03 Rea. Mth.
APPENDICES
Attachments
Memo from L. Lauterbach dated April 10, 2003
Draft Ordinance Fixing the Amount of Future Compensation
Information memo; City Attorney Opinion 1/29/03; MSRC opinion 1/24/03
Ordinance 1956
e ne> 4- saw 'C. _minutes April7, 2003 and March 3, 2003
4/21/03 l4emo from rrauterbach dated 4/17/03: Ore di nancA in final fnrm
To: City Council
From: Lucy Lauterbach
Date: April 17, 2003
Subject: Salary Ordinance
The salary ordinance is ready for adoption after its consideration at the Committee of the Whole
last week. There have been no substantive changes.
One thing that was done was to repeal the ordinances that apply to salaries and benefits in this
ordinance. Previously they had been repealed in the Operating Procedures ordinance, but it
makes better sense to include them here.
Finally, a suggestion was made to include an escalator for the benefits in 2006 and 2007 in order
to avoid a large increase later. Because benefits rise only after an election, there will necessarily
be a somewhat large increase if it is raised for half the Council (but not the other half) every two
years. It is Council policy how much to increase each year in the future. The current planned
increases were based on past increases in health insurance in the city, and estimating those
increases would continue.
In a week and a half we should have a definitive answer about whether the reimbursement
program should be counted as income.
City of Tukwila
Washington
Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE TO FIX
THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR COUNCILMEMBERS
THROUGH 2007, REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 1942, 1955 AND 1956;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1956 set Council compensation levels for the years 2001
through 2005; and
WHEREAS, Council members elected in 2003 will serve through 2007, and salaries
for 2006 and 2007 are not set forth in Ordinance 1956; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that the current economy warrants a
conservative compensation that does not rise beyond the current scale; and
WHEREAS, a uniform stipend ensures that all Council members receive the same
salary for several years;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY' COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Tukwila Municipal Code is hereby amended to set Council
compensation and benefits as follows:
2.05 Council Compensation and Benefits
2.05.010 Monthly compensation:
A. Compensation levels. Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35A.12.070,
members of the Tukwila City Council shall receive the following monthly
compensation during the years listed here according to their position and date their
term of office commences:
YEAR
1 2003
1 2004
1 2005
1 2006
1 2007
B. Compensation review. At any time the Tukwila Council compensation
falls below the mean of the other Valley Communication cities, Tukwila will review the
stipends and may increase its stipend to the level of those other cities.
Council Members Salary.doc
POSITIONS 1, 3, 5,7
1/1/02- 12,/31/05 (current
term of office) and
1/f06- 12/31/09
$950 /month
$1,000 /month
$1,050 /month
"$1,050/month
$1,050 /month
"'New Council term commences on January 1.
POSITIONS 2, 4, 6
1/1/00- 12/31/03 (current term
of office) and
1/1/04- 12/31/07
$685 /month
"*$1,000 /month
$1,050 /month
$1,050 /month
$1,050 /month
2.05.020 Benefits: Each member of the City Council, beginning January 1, 2003, shall be
eligible for one of two benefits options:
1. Reimbursement program. Reimbursement from the City for medical
expenses for one year including: pharmaceuticals, health care, alternative health care,
dental, and vision costs; and health and life insurance premiums shall be authorized up
to the following limits (which approximates the cost of insurance for one employee)
during the years listed here, according to Councilmember position and date their term
of office commences:
I POSITIONS 1, 3, 5, 7
1/1/02 12/31/05 (current
YEAR term of office) and
1/106- 12/31/09
1 2003 1 $3,400 /year
1 2004 1 $3,400 /year
1 2005 1 $3,400 /year
2006 1 **$4598 /vear
1 2007 1 $4,598 /year
I POSITIONS 2, 4, 6
1/1/00- 12/31/03 (current term
of office) and
1/104- 12/31/07
$3,400 /year
**$3,800/ year
$4,180 /year
$4,598 /year
$4,598 /year
**New Council term commences on January 1.
Reimbursements shall be made only upon presentation to the Finance Director of a
receipt or other evidence that the expense was actually incurred.
OR
2. Medical plan eligibility. Councilmembers have the ability to join the
City's self insured medical and dental plan which is offered to non represented
employees. This benefit will cover only the Councilmember and not additional family
members, unless the Councilmember makes separate payment for those family
members.
Section 2. Repealer. Ordinance Numbers 1942,1955 and 1996 are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to
be invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published
in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect
on
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
at a Regular Meeting thereof this day of
2003.
ATTEST AUTHENTICATED:
Jane E. Cantu, CMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY:
Office of the City Attorney
Council Members Salary.doc
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
Steven M. Mullet, Mayor