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The Livermore City Council is set to consider increasing its members’ monthly pay for next term by 5% at its regular meeting Monday night.
If approved, the decision would mark the first pay increase for Livermore’s mayor and councilmembers since 2007.
Currently the mayor’s compensation sits at $1,490 per month, according to the Livermore Municipal Code. Other members of council are paid $1,070 per month.
A 5% increase would bring the mayor’s pay to $1,564.50 per month and other council members to $1,123.50 per month.
While the raise would not apply until commencement of the new term, staggered terms in Livermore mean the mayor and council members for District 3 and 4 would see the benefit.
The agenda item comes as little surprise, given Councilmember Brittni Kiick’s inquiry on the topic at a regular meeting on Sept. 23. At that meeting she said the job’s pay is one of the reasons she is not running for reelection.
In 2014, Livermore voters approved a compensation limit for the city’s mayor and council called Measure W. It set compensation limits that are “more restrictive than those set forth in the Government Code based upon Livermore’s population”, according to the report.
One such limit is a ban on multi-year wage increases.
But the measure allows a one-time increase before each new term of office commences, as long as the increase matches the change in consumer price index, capped at 5%.
Given the CPI increase of 6.2% since the last term commenced in 2022, the council is considering a 5% increase to its wage.
The staff report also noted, both voters and council can put compensation ordinances in place.
The Livermore council’s next meeting is on Monday (Oct. 14) at 7 p.m. The agenda is available here.
In other business
* During closed session, the council will conduct annual performance evaluations of City Manager Marianna Marysheva and city attorney Jason Alcala.
Following the evaluations, the city’s representatives Mayor John Marchand and Vice Mayor Bob Carling will meet with labor negotiators to discuss the salaries and compensations for Marysheva and Alcala.
* The council will also consider changing the definition of “public and quasi-public” land use in the city’s development code to include emergency shelters and supportive housing when associated with those uses.
Currently the General Plan’s definition of public and quasi-public uses includes public and private schools; civic, community and government buildings and uses; fire and police stations; churches; museums; parks; hospitals and similar essential services.
By conditionally allowing emergency shelters and supportive housing on “public and quasi-public” land, the ordinance aims to “help address homelessness and affordable housing shortages”, according to a report from the Livermore Planning Commission.
* The city is set to recognize October as Bullying Prevention Month, which is meant to “bring awareness to the issue of bullying prevention and to work to create safe and supportive environments for all students and community members”, the proclamation reads.
