HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 5.6 First Reading of Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Sections 2.08.020 and 2.08.040 and Providing for an Increase in Salary for City Councilmembers and a Decrease in Salary for the Mayor Agenda Item 5.6
STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
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DATE: July 21, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Colleen Tribby, City Manager
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Sections
2.08.020 and 2.08.040 and Providing for an Increase in Salary for City
Councilmembers and a Decrease in Salary for the Mayor
Prepared by: Marsha Moore, MMC, City Clerk
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider introducing an ordinance revising the Dublin Municipal Code to
provide for an adjustment to the City Council salary and to the additional Mayor salary. The
adjustments would become operative following certification of the November 2026 General
Municipal Election. The City Council considered this item on June 2, 2026 and the ordinance
failed to be introduced. Under Item 9 on June 16, the City Council by consensus requested the
item return for consideration on the Consent Calendar.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Waive the reading and introduce an Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Sections
2.08.020 and 2.08.040 to Change the Salary for Members of the City Council and the
Additional Salary for the Mayor After New Terms of Office Start After the November 2026
General Municipal Election.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funds are included in the Fiscal Year 2026-27 and 2027-28 budgets.
DESCRIPTION:
Government Code Section (GC) 36516 allows a general law city to provide a salary to City
Councilmembers, and an increase in compensation is allowed by ordinance. Additionally,
Government Code Section 36516.1 provides that a directly elected Mayor may be
compensated in addition to that compensation received as a Councilmember. The salary for
City Councilmembers is set in the Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020, and the Mayor’s
salary is set in Section 2.08.040.
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At the May 19, 2026 meeting, the City Council received a report and by motion approved an
increase in the City Councilmember salary by four percent per year since the last adjustment in
December 2024 and a decrease in the Mayor’s additional salary to $400 per month. The
attached ordinance (Attachment 1) reflects that and sets the City Councilmembers’ salary at
$1,730.56 per month and the Mayor’s additional salary at $400 per month.
Government Code Section 36516.5 provides that changes in council salaries cannot be made
until after a new council term begins following an election. A 1997 California Attorney General
Opinion provides that the Mayor salary cannot be decreased during the Mayor’s term of office.
In accordance with state law, the changes in Councilmember salaries and the additional Mayor
salary would not be effective until the new terms of office begin following the November 2026
election.
The City Council considered this item on June 2, 2026 and the ordinance failed to be
introduced. Under Item 9 on June 16, the City Council by consensus requested the item return
for consideration on the Consent Calendar.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
None.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
The City Council Agenda was posted.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Ordinance Amending Dublin Municipal Code Sections 2.08.020 and 2.08.040 to Change
the Salary for Members of the City Council and the Additional Salary for the Mayor After
New Terms of Office Start After the November 2026 General Municipal Election
2) Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.08.020 and 2.08.040
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Attachment 1
Ord No XX-26, Item No. X.X Adopted XX/XX/XXXX Page 1 of 2
ORDINANCE NO. XX – 26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 2.08.020 AND 2.08.040
TO CHANGE THE SALARY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE ADDITIONAL SALARY FOR THE MAYOR AFTER NEW TERMS OF OFFICE START
AFTER THE NOVEMBER 2026 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 6-82 established salaries for members of the City Council, as
amended by Ordinances No. 22-85, 8-87, 4-88, 3-89, 1-90, 6-91, 23-99, 7-02, 7-04, 3-06, 5-08, 2-12,
10-16, 07-18, 10-20, 4-22, and 3-24; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36516(a) allows a general law city to provide a salary to
City Councilmembers. An increase in compensation is allowed by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on May 19, 2026 the City Council directed Staff to present an ordinance to increase
in the City Councilmembers’ salary and a decrease in the Mayor’s salary; and
WHEREAS, as required by state law, the salary changes shall not become effective until new
Councilmembers are sworn into office following the certification of the November 202 6 General
Municipal Election.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2.08.020 of the Dublin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.08.20 Salary for members established.
Pursuant to Section 36516 of the Government Code which provides that a City Council
may enact an ordinance providing that each member of the City Council shall receive a
salary which shall be determined by a schedule of population for cities, the members o f
the City Council shall receive a salary of one thousand seven hundred thirty dollars and
fifty-six cents ($1,730.56) per month.
Section 2. Chapter 2.08.040 of the Dublin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.08.040 Mayor’s salary.
The Mayor shall receive a monthly salary equivalent to four hundred dollars ($400) per
month, in addition to that which he/she receives as a Councilmember.
Section 3. Operative Date. In accordance with Government Code section 36516.5 and other
provisions of state law, Sections 1 and 2 of this Ordinance shall become operative when new terms of
the Mayor and City Councilmembers begin following the certification of the November 2026 General
Municipal Election.
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Ord No XX-26, Item No. X.X Adopted XX/XX/XXXX Page 2 of 2
Section 4: Effective Date and Posting of Ordinance. This Ordinance shall take effect and be
in force thirty (30) days from and after the date of the passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin
shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City o f Dublin in
accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin this _____ day
of ______ 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_________________________________
City Clerk
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2.08.020 Salary for members established.
A. Pursuant to Section 36516 of the Government Code which provides that a city council may enact an
ordinance providing that each member of the city council shall receive a salary which shall be determined by a
schedule of population for cities, the members of the City Council shall receive a salary of one thousand six
hundred dollars ($1,600) per month.
B. No Councilmember shall be eligible to receive the increase provided herein until one (1) or more
Councilmembers begin a new term of office. (Ord. 3-24 § 2; Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part))
2.08.040 Mayor’s salary.
The Mayor shall receive a monthly salary equivalent to half (50%) of the City Councilmember salary amount set
forth in Section 2.08.020(A), in addition to that which he/she receives as a Councilmember. (Ord. 4-22 § 2; Ord.
17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 13-92 § 2)
Dublin Municipal Code 2.08.020 Salary for members established.
Attachment 2
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