ORDINANCE NO. 14,499
AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 13,969, passed July 23, 2001 by amending Section 2-62 thereof, regarding the salary of the mayor and councilmembers.
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:
Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 13,969, passed July 23, 2001, is hereby amended by amending Section 2-62 regarding the salary of the mayor and councilmembers, as follows:
Sec.
2-62. Salary of mayor and councilmembers.
The mayor shall receive and be paid a
salary at the rate of $31,500.00 per annum and $50.00 per week as allowance for
expenses incurred on city business conducted in the city and all other members
of the city council shall receive and be paid a salary at the rate of
$22,000.00 per annum and $50.00 per week allowance for expenses incurred on
city business conducted in the city, which salaries shall be payable as
hereinafter provided. The mayor and members of the city council shall be
entitled to longevity pay, group insurance benefits (including but not limited
to life insurance, hospital and surgical expenses, medical expenses, major
medical expenses, dental benefits and prescription drug benefits);
participation in retirement plans to which they are eligible for participation,
specifically the city deferred compensation program authorized by I.C. §
509A.12; education tuition reimbursement; and reimbursement of office related
expenses incurred on city business, and in addition the mayor and members of
the city council may receive life insurance benefits or deferred compensation
contributions, in the event such benefits are made available to supervisory,
professional and management employees generally. All benefits are subject to
the provisions of section I.C. § 372.13(8), with respect to the time of
commencement of entitlement to such benefits or to any increase thereof. The
mayor and each council member may choose to decline any benefit provided for
the position. However, the benefits shall be presumed to be applicable unless
the mayor or council member declines the respective benefit in writing. Any
written declination of benefits shall be effective from the date specified in
such writing to the end of the current term of the mayor or council member, and
shall be deemed to cancel the entitlement to such benefits for the balance of
the term. In making any such declination each individual mayor and council
member shall agree to assume any tax consequences resulting therefrom and to
hold the city harmless from any such consequence.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law, provided that the provisions hereof increasing the annual salaries of the mayor and city council shall not take effect until the beginning of the term of the council members elected in November 2005.
FORM APPROVED:
Bruce E. Bergman, City Attorney
T.M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor
Attest:
I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 05-2473), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held October 10, 2005 signed by the Mayor on October 10, 2005 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on October 24, 2005 Authorized by Publication Order No. 4958.
Diane Rauh, City Clerk