Ordinance - 2442ORDINANCE NO.2442
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2
(ADMINISTRATION), ARTICLE IV (OFFICERS), DIVISION 3
(CITY CLERK) AND DIVISION 4 (CITY TREASURER) OF THE
WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina provides compensation by ordinance to the
elected City Clerk and the elected City Treasurer;
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina increased compensation for the City
Treasurer in 2016;
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina wishes to eliminate compensation for the
elected City Clerk and the elected City Treasurer due to the fiscal challenges facing the
City.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION NO. 1: Section 2-162 (Salary) of Division 3 (City Clerk) of Article IV
(Officers) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read:
Sec. 2-162. - Salary.
The elected city clerk shall receive no salary or other compensation.
SECTION NO. 2: Section 2-172 (Compensation) of Division 4 (City Treasurer) of Article
IV (Officers) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-172. — Compensation
The elected City Treasurer shall receive no compensation or other benefits.
SECTION NO.3: Conflicting Provisions. All ordinances or resolutions inconsistent or
conflicting with any part of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency
or conflict.
SECTION NO.4: Severability. If any article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, word, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person, is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance
or its application to other persons. The City Council of West Covina hereby declares that it
would have adopted this Ordinance and each chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision,
sentence, clause, phrase, word, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to
any person, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION NO. 5: Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after
its initial passage and within fifteen (15) days after its passage, the Assistant City Clerk of the
City of West Covina shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and to its
approval by the Mayor and City Council and shall cause the same to be published in a newspaper
in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19"' day of June, 2018.
Lloyd Johnson
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Kimberly Ha 1 Barlow ickol`as, wis
City Attorney City Clerk
I, NICKOLAS S. LEWIS, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first
reading at a special meeting of the City Council on the 11 ffi day of June, 2018. That thereafter
said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 19ffi
day of June, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES:
Spence, Toma, Warshaw, Wu, Johnson
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN: None - - -
ickolas S. wis
City Clerk