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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Monday, March 17, 2014
4:30 PM
Human Resource Conference Room 2 Floor, 990 Palm Street
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San Luis Obispo, California
CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the Council Compensation Committee was called to order on Monday,
March 17, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. in the Human Resource Conference Room, located at 990
Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, by Chair Ewan.
ROLL CALL
Committee Members
Present:
John Ewan, Amy Kardel, Gordon Mullin, Marcia Nelson, and Ken Tasseff
Committee Member
Absent:
None
Staff Present:
Nickole Sutter, Human Resource Analyst, Anthony Mejia, City Clerk,
and Heather Goodwin, Deputy City Clerk
PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no members of the public desiring to speak.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KARDEL, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
MULLIN CARRIED 5-0, to approve the Council Compensation Committee Minutes of
February 24, 2014.
DISCUSSION OF CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ARCHITECTURAL
REVIEW COMMISSION COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The Committee evaluated and discussed the City Council, Planning Commission and
Architectural Review Commission’s compensation and benefits data from the Council
Compensation Survey 2014: Mayor and City Council Compensation and Benefits
survey.
Council Compensation Committee Minutes – March 17, 2014 Page 2
Council Compensation
Committee discussion ensued relative to: 1) whether Council should be compensated
equivalent to a Full-Time Employee (FTE) position; 2) whether increased compensation
would provide greater opportunity for the ‘average’ citizen to participate on the Council;
3) whether providing an opt out option for medical coverage would create more
equitability among members; and 4) whether there is a correlation between increasing
compensation and achieving compensation philosophy objectives (e.g. does increasing
compensation result in better outcomes for the community).
Following discussion, MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER NELSON, SECOND BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER KARDEL, CARRIED 4-1, (COMMITTEE MEMBER MULLIN
VOTING NO), to increase the monthly salary for Mayor to $1500 per month and Council
to $1200 per month.
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER NELSON, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
KARDEL, CARRIED 5-0, to provide an option to opt out of medical, dental, and vision
coverage so that the individual member will receive the opt out amount equal to City
department heads.
Architectural Review Commission and Planning Commission
Committee discussion ensued relative to: 1) whether commission compensation should
be increased due to median compensation being comparable to other cities; 2) whether
commissioners should be compensated for serving on other advisory committees such
as the Land Use and Circulation Element Task Force and Tree Committee; and 3)
whether increasing commission compensation would incentivize the calling of special
meetings.
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KARDEL, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
MULLIN, CARRIED 5-0, to increase the compensation for the Planning Commission to $60
per meeting with a maximum of $240 per month.
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KARDEL, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
NELSON, CARRIED 5-0, to increase the compensation for the Architectural Review
Commission to $60 per meeting with a maximum of $240 per month.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 5:58 p.m.
Heather Goodwin
Deputy City Clerk