HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 54-66I"~SOLUTION l~Oo 54o~6
WFa~REAS~ certain of the electorate of the City of Bakers°
field, by petition prepared in accordance ~tth Section 8(h} of
Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California~ have
proposed an amenc%eent to the Cha.~ter of the City of Bakerafield
'which reads as follo,~s:
Section (207ol)26 nP~.~S OF PAY OF
Not later ~han the 15th day of Febm~ of each yea~,
~akersfie!d Fire Department Civil Se~ice Board s~ll su~ey and
certify ~o the City Co~cil rates of c~npemsation of FirefiEhters
~n their respective fire depar~ents in the Cities of
Stockton~ Santa Ba=ba~a~ San Leandrog Alhambra, Buena Park~
~aFard and the Ke~ Co~ty Fire Depar~en~ in the State of
California ~
Not later ='ham '~he 1st day of April of each year, ~he City
Cc~ci~ shall ~ve ~he power~ and it shell be its ~uty (by Co~cil
Ordinance) to fix rates of c~pensa~lon for me~ers of the Fire
~epar~n~ eq~l ~o not less t~n the averaSs rate certified to the
City Council by the Fire Depar~en= 8ivi! Se~ice Board w!~h respec~
to aZl of the above eiSh~ {8} cities and ~e~ ~ounty and said
shall be effec~ive on the ls= day of July next follo~qin~
~%e rates of co~ensation 8e~ forth in =he budge~ estates
t'he budEet and ~b.e annul sala~ ordinance shall be ~hose fixed by
the Ci~cy Co~cil as In this Sec~io~ provided and
therefor s~ll be based thereon~
Not la~er t~n the 2nd Monday of july of each yea=~ the Civil
Se~ice Board s~ll su~ey and certify ~o ~he City Council ~he
rates of compensation paid firefighters on the 1st day of July of
tha~: year in the cities and county heroinabove referred too The
City Council shaXl thereupon have the po~er and it shall. be
du~y to revise six of the ~atee of compensation a~ in this Section
p~ovided~ Said ~evised ra~ee ~11 be effective from ~he ~ day
of July of the ~hem curren~ fiscal year~
Xf ~he City Council revi~ed said ra~em of compemsatiom~ then
it ~hall~ not l~ter thmn the 25th day of July of ~he them curren~
fieca! year~ have the po~er~ and i~ shall be it~ du~y~ subject
+zhe fincol provisions of the Ch~r~er~ bu~ without reference o=
amen~en~ ~o the auual budget~ ~o ~md ~he ann~l eala~ ordinance
and annual appropriation ordinance ~o include ~he provieton~
nece~mery for paying the rates of co~emsa~ion fixed by ~he Ci~y
Council ~$ in this Section provided for the then current fiscal.
~e expression curates of co~ense~ion~ a~ used in this S'ectien~
in relation to ~id ~u~ey~ im hereby declared to apply only to
basic amoumt of wage~ ~ith included =~mge scales~ and dee~
include such ~orkimg benefit8 as might be ~e= up by mny o~her city
by way of holidays~ v~cation~ o~her pemi~ed absences of any
type ~ha~eoever~ overt!men night of epli~ ~hif~ or p~y for
~pecialized eervice~ within a claesifics~ion o= rank~ or
pr~i~ pay diffe=entials of any ~ype ~$oever. ~e foregoing
endoration is not exclustve~ bu~ it Is the intent of ~his Section
t~t nothing other~ th~%n m bamic amour of wages, wi~h included,
range ecales~ is to be included within ~he meaning of '~rm~e of
c~pensatiom~ "~
~e te~ ufirefigh~er~ as used in this Section s~li mean
poreone e~loyed tn ~he several grades, ranks or positions In
fire depar~ents of tb.e eight (8) cities and the Coun~ of ~e~
~pecified above or of the City of Bake~efield who perform
'~he duties being perfo~ed on ~he effective da~e of ~his Section by
member~ of ~he [ire Depar~men~ in ~he Ci~ of Bakers field ~
of ~ker~field~ ~life~la~ ~ha~ s~ld p~opo~t~ion shall be placed
on ~he ballo~ ~o be used at a special ~icipal election to be held
in the ~i~y of Bakers field and ~o be consolidated with ~he
~eneral Election ~0 be held on ~he 8~h ~y of Movember,
X ~R~B3[ CE~TI[~ that the foregoing Resolution was
pa~med and adopted by ~he Council of the City of Bakersfield
=egul~r meet,~ng thereof held o~ ~he eth day of September~ 196eD
by ~he following voee~
AYES: COUNCILMEN BALFANZ, DOO' 'N :'DT:'..,'.hH.G, PARK, RUCKER, STIERN, WHITTEMORE.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: ~ ......
ABSENT COUNC]: !.~EN:
ABSTAINING COUNCILMF:_N:
APPROVED: