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HomeMy WebLinkAbout71-0113 Mayor and Council Salary -41• 011. W • VaL. 2 January 13, 1971 VOLUME XXXVI i Ordinance Passed Establishing the Salary of the Mayor and Councilmen Effective May 1, 1971 . 1STa6L Councilman Santanni felt it necessary to explain the reasons behind the proposed CITY 0 ordinance increasing the salary of the Mayor and Councilmen since the preparation of the ordinance was his recommendation. In 1955 the group called Elginites for Wj City Manager set a policy that Council members should receive not more than $25 fixed per month. In 1964 the Council approved an increase to $50 per month for Council- ($1200 ' men and $100 per month for the Mayor effective May 1, 1967 . This was the only City 0 increase since 1955. I now recommend an increase effective May 1, 1971 due to the 0600. ,I expenses involved with the offices held. This increase will not effect me unless I run for election in 1973 . Councilman Barber will benefit if elected to the office, W of Mayor otherwise his salary will remain the same as mine. As fit Ie inc of other Councils receivingmore than Elgin. He for th Councilman Santanni gave examples �xpenS aCounsel regarding the vacancyon the Counc, asked for an opinion from the Corporation g g possibly created by Councilman Barber's election as Mayor and what salary would be ` N received by the newly appointed Councilman. OF ELG The Corporation Counsel assumed that the new Councilman would receive the new salary S and stated further that the Council has 30 days to appoint a Councilman to fill the vacancy otherwise a special election must be held. the of the an Councilman Santanni was of the opinion that a special election must be held to fill M the vacancy unless the term is under one year. The Corporation Counsel said he woul: give a legal opinion on this matter at the next regular meeting. i Mayor Alft stated that the proposed ordinance provides for a 100% increase for Counc N men and a 50% increase for the Mayor. The Legislature recently raised their salaryi: t f 0 establ 45.8% for which they were highly criticized. Although he felt the increase was edditi justifiable because the last increase was in 1964, effective in 1967, he felt that 1ubse ' the increase should be based upon the cost of living which was roughly 257o from 1964 q to 1970. If the increase was based upon the cost of living, the raise should be to S $1,600 for Mayor and $750 for Councilmen. He reviewed the salaries of area munici- berewi palities , specifically that of Naperville who adopted a plan of $1,500 for Mayor andforce $1,000 for Councilmen. He preferred this plan over Elgin's proposal. S Mayor Alft opposed the increase as it does not provide equal pay for equal work as s�pphl ordinance passed in 1964, effective in 1967, did. Even though the recipients may A ful have no objection, I believe the city should be on a fair share, he said. In essenc y laW . Mayor Alft primarily opposed the proposal because of the failure to provide equal pa; 1 He preferred the effective date to be May 1, 1973. He reminded Council members that! the Elgin Community College Board, U-46 School Board and the Gail Borden Library Directors serve in these capacities and receive nothing. t lresen Councilman Santanni made a motion, seconded by Councilman Barber to pass the ordinaa 4Ssed providing for an increase in salary to $1,800 for Mayor and $1,200 for Councilmen Prote: effective May 1, 1971. Yeas: Councilmen Barber, Rauschenberger and Santanni. NaY$ eCOrc Councilman Tillery and Mayor Alft. Ublis Attest a�g rl cil , teas :Bar VOLUME Xx.VI January 13, 1971 3 , fix Ordinance No . G- 141.7 AN ORDINANCE s;ABLISHING THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN FOR THE • , 7Y OF ELGIN , ILLINOIS , EFFECTIVE MAY 1 , 1971 . •n 4 WHEREAS , Ordinance No . G- 1072 passed on December 23 , 1964 1 fixed the salary of the Mayor at Twelve Hundred and no/100 Dollars i1- 51200 .00) per year , and the salary for the councilmen for the s ity of Elgin at the sum of Six Hundred and no/ 100 Dollars the ; jo00 . 00) per year , and -s WHEREAS , in the considered opinion of the City Council , it 1 fice s fit and proper that the compensation for such offices should e increased to somewhat compensate the holders of such offices ! He or the loss of personal income and the additional personal oun xpenses entailed by reason of holding such positions , be NOW THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY F ELGINi ILLINOIS : lary the Section 1 . That effective May 1 , 1971 , the persons holding ;he offices in the City of Elgin indicated below shall receive ;he annual salary as set forth : ill woul< Mayor $1 , 800. 00 Councilman $ 1 , 200. Op ounr None of the persons above-named and whose salaries are above Lary et forth shall be entitled to any salary or compensation lstablished for more than one office , regardless of any at Idditional duties that may be performed , in the absence of 1964 ubsequent specific provision therefore. to' Section 2 . That all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict ' Cl- lerewith be , and the same hereby are , repealed and of no further and rorce and effect . • Section 3 . That this ordinance shall be published in as pamphlet form by authority of the City Council and shall be 3y n full force and effect from and after its passage as provided senc al P '%y law . • ' that r E . C . Alft , Mayor 'resented : January 13, 1971 iinamas S ed : January 13, 1971. . an ote : Yeas 3 Nays 2 Nays ecorded : January 13, 1971 ublished : January 13, 1971 i fittest : 11 argaret A . Shales , City Clerk I Ordinance Passed Increasing the Retainer Paid to the i Corporation Counsel and City Attorney 1, uncilman Rauschenberger made a motion, seconded by Councilman Tillery to pass an ordinance creasing the retainer paid to the Corporation Counsel and City Attorney. Yeas: Council- n Barber, Rauschenberu==._ , Santanni; Tillery and Mayor Alft. Nays-, None. I: j I VOLUME XXIX December 17, 1964 441 • Consideration of Increase in Wages for Auxiliary Policemen .he , The Council reviewed a memorandum and recommendation from the City Manager on the car i activities and expenditures of our auxiliary police service. We have an excel- lent group of men serving in this capacity, and their services have proved to be most useful during emergencies and when traffic movement is particularly high. for He recommended that their hourly rate be increased from $2.25 to $2.50. Council- Mr. man Schroeder made a motion, seconded by Councilman Barber, to put this recom- and mendation into effect when planning for the 1965 budget. Yeas: Councilmen Alft, t Barber, Schroeder, Wilson, and Mayor Shales. Nays: None. •m -nue Report on Modernization of Administration of Pay Plan he 'rs The City Manager reviewed a report given the Council to modernize the administra- e tion of the pay plan. Through the years variations of policy have crept in so to that each department has developed its own regulations on payment for overtime, paid holidays and basis for monthly salaries. The proposal for the changes will rdea equalize these situations and make administration much more simple. Report on Administrative Change in Civil Defense Department s Mr. Brunton presented a review of Civil Defense activites during its history in ' ks the City of Elgin, and emphasized that under normal conditions this operation receives little attention, but becomes critical during a national or local crisis. During the past two years the Director, Jack Claes, has primarily directed his er efforts towards training and the establishment of adequate shelter facilities. e Mr. Claes, Winston Franklin, Donald Tuttle and Donald Clute, have all received in training in specific fields, and last spring a four weeks course in "Education e for Survival" was given to 150 Elgin residents. In January similar courses in n- radiological monitoring and shelter management have been scheduled. 44 Shelters have been located and marked which will provide space for 21,000 people. ithat To be successful a Civil Defense program must be thoroughly integrated into the 'e local governmental organization, in order to function in harmony with local fire, PY police, public works, and other departments. Unless the program is kept close Iim- to the chief administrator, it will probably be bypassed in emergency situations. Its Mr. Brunton stated that therefore he is appointing the City Manager (himself) as in- Director of Civil Defense in Elgin, with the Purchasing Agent-Research Assistant, Counsel as Assistant Director. By centralizing the function, it will greatly facilitate vide i training the department heads, and will provide for direct communication when major problems or disasters may arise. Mr. Brunton's report said that legislative bills would be studied to see if some federal money might be released for fallout shelters under our civic center project. The Illinois law permits the purchase of fire fighting equipment from civil defense money, so we should continue to levy the maximum rate for civil defense purposes so we can buy equipment for the kept proposed west side station. Additional compensation will be furnished the rber, assistant director to reflect the time he spends on the job. Mr. Claes will 'f the continue as an assistant director because the training he has received makes Iks to bihim of great value in this capacity. Each of these men will receive $30 per month son. for their services. The Director will not receive additional compensation. Consideration of Change in Salary of Council Members The City Manager again recommended that consideration be given to increasing the salaries, best to be termed honorariums, to be paid members of the Council. Our wee• ' salaries rate far below those of other Councils, and many able men could not in •v,• consider running for these offices because of the direct cost to them in time y4. r lost from their regular jobs, to say nothing of the incidental expenses of men 1 442 December 17, 1964 VOLUME XXIX holding public office. The proposed increas.in salaries for Councilmen to $600 per year and for the Mayor to $1,200 per year could be set up to be !!! DI effective on May 1st, 1967, and so would benefit none of the present Council SL members who would vote for it, and would make the change effective for the OI entire Council at the same date. Councilman Alft stated that much could be said for public service with no iz: remuneration, and that many persons serving on public bodies or as members Of of various municipal boards and commissions considered this a public service. But it becomes evident that some men who might make excellent members of the De Council could not afford the expense it entails. Councilman Schroeder said la that he agreed that an increase in salary might encourage potentially fine m council members who could not otherwise afford to invest the time or the su incidental costs. Councilman Barber made a motion, seconded by Councilman Cr Schroeder, to authorize the Corporation Counsel to prepare an amendment to M; the administrative ordinance setting the salary of Council members at $600, Ac and of the Mayor at $1200, effective May 1, 1967. Yeas: Councilmen Alft, Barber, Schroeder, Wilson, and Mayor Shales. Nays: None. su f_: Mr. Brunton emphasized the fact that this item was placed on the agenda be- th, cause he felt it essential, and that no council member had requested the change. a None of the members of the present Council will be benefited by the increase. sy ri; Resolution Adopted Providing for an Increase in the Payment of the Water Utility in Lieu of Taxes from 15% to 20% A summary of the payments from the water utility to the general corporate fund in in lieu of taxes since 1953 was presented for the review of the Council. Under fe our new water rates, revenues have equalled and exceeded the projected amounts, an and it is now possible to increase the payment in lieu of taxes from 15% to 20% of revenue from sale of water. Before 1963 28% had been transferred annually. The Corporation Counsel reviewed a resolution drafted to make this change possible ac which would concur with the requirements of the present Water Revenue Bond DE Ordinance. Councilman Barber made a motion, seconded by Councilman Wilson, to adopt the resolution. Yeas: Councilmen Alft, Barber, Schroeder, Wilson, and fiE Mayor Shales. Nays: None. These additional funds will be available to meet the proposed salary increases. fo • fir Su fo of er TI to WE 19 VOLUME XXIX December 23, 1964 461 Section 4. That this ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage as provided by law, and shall be published in pamphlet form by authority of the City Council. Clyde L. Shales, Mayor Presented: December 23, 1964 Passed: December 23, 1964 Vote: Yeas 5 Nays 0 Recorded: December 23, 1964 Published: December 23, 1964 • Attest: Myrtle E, Spiegler, City Clerk Amendment to Administrative Ordinance Passed Providing for Change on Salary for Mayor and Council Members, Effective May 1., 1967 Raedi ier R. The City Manager presented a letter from LeRoy A. Mote who asked that it be made hug a part of the public record, and members of the Council concurred that the City Clerk place it in the record. December 23, 1964 "Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City Hall, Elgin, Illinois Gentlemen: Since I have been off the Council, I have carefully avoided expressing any criticism, in public or private, concerning actions you have taken or decisions you have made with which I did not happen to agree, believing these to be mostiy matters of judgment on which the views of different individuals could reasonably be expected to differ. d I cannot feel that way, however, about the recently announced unanimous vote auth- zs as orizing the preparation of an ordinance to increase from $300 to $1200, in the case :lgint of the Mayor, and from $300 to $600, in the case of Councilmen, the annual honorer- ium paid to persons holding those offices. In my opinion, this strikes at the her- very heart of the effectiveness of Council-Manager government. From the inception of Council-Manager government in Elgin, and as consistently advocated in the plat- forms of the Elginites for Council-Manager, the $300 paid to members of the Council has been intended to cover only the probable out-of-pocket expenditures of the members. It was not intended for, or to be considered as, compensation of any kind. For, if compensation was to be paid, it was felt that men would seek the offices for the compensation and nct because of the service they could render their community. This idea of service is the genious of the Council-Manager form of government; that the man who is so sincerely and genuinely interested in his community that he will give of his time and talents to public office is the man who best can and who most effectively and impartially will advance the overall welfare of the tom- _ munity. This is why no distinction was made in amount between the Mayor and Councilmen. 1 - 462 December 23, 1964 VOLUME XXIX i The accomplishments of the first eight years of Council-Manager government in Elgin have, I believe, demonstrated the truth of the foregoing proposition. f In further support of that proposition, may I remind you that the organizations 1 which contribute most to the American way of life rely on this same motivation; 1 for example, the Community Chest, the Y's, the Boy and Girl Scouts, the Red Cross, religious and charitable institutions such as the Salvation Army and i others, the School Board, the Association of Commerce, the Junior Chamber, etc. I. t The policy making leadership in nont of these organizations is compensated and in most they are not even reimbursed their out-of-pocket expenses. The Council- Manager form of government simply seeks to put the administration of public affairs on a comparable unselfish and dedicated basis. i According to the article in the Elgin Daily Courier-News of December 18th, the c $300 presently being paid is, apparently, now being looked upon as "salary" and not as reimbursement, and as salary is not considered adequate because, accord- ing to figures submitted to the Council "expenditures on council matters" use almost all of it. Properly viewed as reimbursements, however, since the amount presently being paid admittedly is still adequate to cover expenditures, there is no justification for increasing it. 1 The positions of Mayor and Councilmen under the Council-Manager form of govern- ment are part-time, policy determining positions comparable to those of the other , non-profit organizations I have mentioned. They are not full-time, executive i or administrative positions, and should not become a means of supplementing one's income. Until their function requires full-time attention so that payment of compensation as such can no longer reasonably be avoided, the responsibilities of these positions will, in my opinion, be discharged much more effectively and ' objectively if compensation is not a consideration. t ' i If we now begin to compensate these positions, we can expect them, in the future, t• to fall into the hands of those who are seeking them for the compensation, present E 4 and potential. Once the precedent of paying beyond reimbursement is set, you can f- count on further salary increases. I hope that you will reflect on these thoughts and that you will consider your vote when the resolution is offered for adoption. In any event, I would appreciate ? it very much if the text of this letter could be incorporated in the council proceedings so that there will be a public record of this initial concept respect- ing payments to members of the Council under the Council-Manager government in E1g Sincerely yours, LeRoy A. Mote. " Councilman Barber stated that he agreed with the philosophy of Mr. Mote's letter, but that he did not understand that $300 was a sacred amount, and that $600 would still be a token payment. Councilman Wilson said that $600 would come much closer to covering the actual annual expenses of serving as a member of the Counci . Councilman Alft said that in the log he had reviewed with the Council he had not . included any transportation expense, and that seeking office as a non-partisan would require one year's compensation for campaign costs alone. Mayor Shales said that he would not consider $600 a monetary attraction, and that depending upon a councilman's occupation, meetings often interfered with working hours, requiring additional expenditures for the individual concerned. Councilman Barber made a motion, seconded by Councilman Wilson, to pass the ordinance providing for the increase in salaries for Mayor and Councilmen effective May 1, 1967. The City Manager emphasized that no Councilman was voting himself a raise and that he did not consider the proposed increase out of line with gen- eral opinion over the country. Yeas: Councilmen Alft, Barber, Schroeder, Wilson, and Mayor Shales. Nays: None. 463 December 23, 1934 Ordinance No. G-1072 AN ORDINANCE n° ESTABLISHING THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN ons on; i FOR THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1967. WHEREAS, Ordinance No. S-550, passed on May 2, 1955, fixed tc, the salary of the Mayor and Councilmen for the-City of Elgin at the sum of d $300. 00 per year, and oilI 1 - affairs WHEREAS, in the considered opinion of the City Council it is fit ' and proper that the compensation for such offices should be increased to he somewhat compensate the holders of such offices for the loss of personal and income and the additional personal expenses entailed by reason of holding rd- such positions, and e unt WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that it is proper that .re said salaries should be increased effective upon such date that all of the mem- bers of the then Council would be effected in an equal manner. :rn- other NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF .ve THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS: meat Section 1. That effective May 1, 1967, the persons holding the .ities and offices in the City of Elgin indicated below shall receive the annual salary as set forth: Lture, 1. Mayor $ 1, 200. 00 i 'resent 2. Councilman 600. 00 'iu can None of the persons above-named and whose salaries are above set forth cur shall be entitled to any salary or compensation established for more than ireciats one office regardless of any additional duties that may be performed. in the I absence of subsequent specific provision therefor. •:spect- in Elg Section 2. That all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith be and the same hereby are repealed and of no further force and effect. Section 3. That this ordinance shall be published in pamphlet form tter, by authority of the City Council and shall be in full force and effect from and would after its passage as provided by law. Council not Presented: December 23, 1964 Clyde L. Shales, Mayor 'all0 Passed: December 1954 D I rg Vote: Yeas 5 Nays 0 Recorded: December 23, ?_934 • I Published: December 23, 1934 r Attest: y a Myrtle E. Spiegler, City Clerk :en- r