Chapter 2.08
CITY COUNCIL
Sections:
2.08.010 Meeting place designated.
2.08.020 Salary for members established.
2.08.030 Election of Mayor and Councilmembers—Term of office.
2.08.010 Meeting place designated.
A. The City Council will hold all regular meetings in the Council Chambers at the Dublin Civic Center, located at 100 Civic Plaza, in the city.
B. If the regular meeting place is unable to accommodate the number of persons in attendance, the City Council may recess the meeting to another place. If the City Council anticipates that the regular meeting place will be inadequate, the City Council, or Mayor in the event of an emergency, may order that the meeting be held in another place. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 14-89 §§ 1, 2)
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))
2.08.030 Election of Mayor and Councilmembers—Term of office.
A. The electors shall hereafter elect a Mayor and four (4) City Councilmembers.
B. The term of office of the Mayor shall be two (2) years. (Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 11-92 §§ 1, 2)
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)
2.08.050 Term limits.
No person shall serve consecutive terms as Councilmember, Mayor, or any combination of Councilmember or Mayor that would exceed twelve (12) years. For the exclusive purpose of measuring duration under this provision and for no other purpose, the terms of Mayor and Councilmembers shall be deemed to start and end on December 1st following the general municipal election at which such office, as the case may be, is regularly filled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any partial term served by a Councilmember or Mayor shall not be considered a consecutive term if it commenced on or after the first (with respect to the Mayor) or second (with respect to a Councilmember) anniversary of the date on which the former incumbent’s term commenced, and in such cases the initial consecutive term shall be deemed to have commenced under this section when the Councilmember or Mayor commences his or her subsequent term. Mayors and Councilmembers who were in office on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section may serve only the number of terms allowed at the time of the last election before this provision was enacted. (Ord. 15-24 § 4; Ord. 17-09 § 1 (part): Ord. 18-96 § 1)