HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.084-92
"
~.
",\,
-
ORDINANCE NO. 84
(Series of 1992)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
INCREASING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE OFFICES OF MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCILPERSON.
WHEREAS, Section 3.6 of the Home Rule Charter for the city
of Aspen provides that members of the city Council and Mayor
shall receive such compensation as the Council shall prescribe by
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, .the current levels of compensation for the Mayor
($800/mo.) and members of city Council ($550/mo.) were estab-
lished in May, 1980, and have not been adjusted since that time;
I~_ and
.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide a reasonable
and equitable increase in the levels of compensation provided to
the Mayor and members of the city Council so as to reflect not
only the increase in the cost of living since 1980, but the
increase in the commitment of time necessarily required to
fulfill the duties of such elective offices; and
WHEREAS, the National Consumer Price Index has increased by
approximately seventy-eight percent (78%) since 1980; and
WHEREAS, the city Council finds that an annual adjusted
increase of 3% in the compensation levels for the offices of
Mayor and councilmembers from 1980, while still less than the
increases in the cost of living or rate of inflation experienced
since that time, is reasonable and just; and
"""',IJ,,, '
~.
1:>
,~",",-,'"
\\
-,.:",
~""I,,"'."'.',,',
/w'
"'\,--
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to encourage persons from
all economic backgrounds to participate in public service and
increasing the compensation for members of city Council may
provide one incentive for citizens with modest financial incomes
to consider public service; and
WHEREAS, the city council desires to proclaim and establish
a custom and policy of evaluating and adjusting the compensation
levels for the Mayor and councilmembers more frequently than once
every 13 years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1
The monthly compensation for the office of Mayor shall be
increased from $800jmo. to $1,150jmo., and the monthly compensa-
tion for City Council members shall be increased from $550jmo. to
$800jmo., such increases to become effective upon the first
regular city council meeting in June, 1993.
In accordance with
Section 3.6 of the Home Rule Charter, no current member of the
City Council, including the Mayor, shall be entitled to receive
such compensation increase until their present term of office has
expired and they have been duly elected or appointed to a new
term.
section 2
This ordinance shall not have any effect on existing litiga-
tion and shall not operate as an abatement of any action or
2
,-..
"\\..
,,1_,
"',"'"
c,.;
\4),
proceeding now pending under or by virtue of the ordinances
repealed or amended as herein provided, and the same shall be
construed and concluded under such prior ordinances.
Section 3
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional in a court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions thereof.
Section 4
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the 11th
day of January, 1993, in the city council Chambers, Aspen city
Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law
. ., ,..,'k_
the c~ty Counc~l of the c~ty of Aspen on the / day of
jJ ~n~Mj:~
by
.lb-".#~
, 1992.
AT'TEST:
\. ;t/~
3
Ii,...
'W
..
~
l
---
1/
. ":Jpl a
. c/'..J.Jr;:- q "L-
Jo n S. Ben ett, May~
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved this
(14_M.hA~
tI
jc1130.1
day of
4