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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-091 CCRMember Debra Hilstrom introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 98-91 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE ON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOTAL!,-OMPFZLSADON WHEREAS, the City Council established the Policy and Procedure on Mayor and Council Member Total Compensation on January 10, 1994; and WHEREAS, the Financial Commission is recommending that the Policy and Procedure on Mayor and Council Member Total Compensation be amended to clarify the comparison to other cities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center to amend the Policy and Procedure on Mayor and Council Member Total Compensation by adoption of the attached revision. Ckc,oot- "4-4 1 Da 998 f/ Mayor l/ ATTEST: City Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded. by member Kathleen Carmody , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Myrna Kragness, Kathleen Carmody, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Lasman, and Robert Peppe; and the following voted against the same: none whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 98-91 May 1998 recommended revision POLICY AND PROCEDURE ON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOTAL COMPENSATION I. NEED FOR POLICY: The community is entitled to a clearly articulated, written description of the policy and procedure for establishing the total compensation of local elected officials. H. POLICY: 1. Service on the City Council is a civic obligation and an honor. The total compensation of the Mayor and Council Members should, therefore, not encourage candidacies based on monetary rather than public service objectives. However, the compensation of Brooklyn Center elected officials, shall be fair and equitable in order to attract qualified candidates for local elective office. 2. The propriety of the compensation levels of the Mayor and Council Members shall be evaluated through comparisons with compensation paid to similar officials within the seven county metropolitan area. 3. The compensation levels of elected officials should be regularly reviewed and adjusted to ensure compliance with the objectives of this policy and to avoid the need for drastic or sudden compensation adjustments. 4. Compensation set pursuant to this policy and procedure shall be deemed to be the total compensation for elected officials of the city with the exception of expense reimbursement which shall be the same as provided all other city employees. III. PROCEDURE: •~0 yr offleials of eomparably sized bases in the seven county metropolitan area. V.J prepared by the Asseeiation of Metropolitan Nfunieipalities or the League of Nfirmesota eities may be titilize in liett of the City Nf r J J Irv®_i 2-1. The City Manager shall biennially prepare a compensation report that contains an analysis of the survey fi-iformation of the compensation paid to elected officails of minneapolis-St. Paul Area Metropolitan cities having a population within 10,000 of the City of Brooklyn Center that are generally fully developed. {Such grouping shall include the cities of Richfield, Roseville, Maplewood, -Fridley, Shoreview, White Bear Lake, Crystal, New Hope, and Golden Valley, in addition to the City RESOLUTION NO. 98-91 of Brooklyn Center.) The report shall compute the average and median amounts paid to Mayors and Council Members and correlate survey results to the current compensation of Brooklyn Center elected City officials. The City Manager shall assemble such additional information on compensation of city elected officials as may be requested to assist the Commission and Council in their review of elected official's compensation. 3-2. The City Manager shall submit the compensation report to the City Council and the Financial Commission prior to June 1, for information pertaining to the applicable calendar year. 4-3. The Financial Commission shall biennially review the City Manager's compensation report and discuss possible budgetary and public perception impacts of the indicated changes. Prior to July 1, of the same year, the Commission shall recommend to the City Council that the compensation of the Mayor and Council Members either remain the same or be changed to some specific amount in the manner prescribed by law. -5-4. Consistent with the City Charter, Section 2.07, the Mayor and Council Members may, after conducting public hearings, set their compensation by ordinance. No change in compensation shall be in effect until January 1, following the next succeeding general election. IV. AUTHORITY: The authority for establishing compensation for the Mayor and Council Members is found in Minnesota Statutes 415.11 and the City of Brooklyn Center Charter, Section 2.07.