AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA
SETTING THE BIWEEKLY COMPENSATION OF
MEMBERS OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 4578 adopted October 18, 2005 sets the compensation of the members of the Board of Supervisors at $3128.96 biweekly and sets the compensation for the Chair of the Board of Supervisors at $3,191.54 biweekly, effective December 17,2005; and

WHEREAS, the Chair of the Board of Supervisors has in the past received an additional $1,627.08 annual compensation, and the Board of Supervisors desires to continue this practice and adjust the additional compensation the same as the base compensation; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Board of Supervisors each receive a retirement offset of $120.00 biweekly, and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors is authorized by the California Constitution Article XI § I(b) to set the salary of its members, subject to referendum:

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1.

The biweekly compensation for the overtime exempt position of Supervisor, Elective of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, Class #7260, is hereby set at $3,238.47 biweekly effective December 23,2006, together with the management personnel benefits established for elected officials, except auto allowance, benefit allowance and retirement offset.

The biweeltly compensation for the Chair of the Board of Supervisors is hereby set at $3,303.24 biweekly, effective December 23, 2006, being compensation for Supervisor plus approximately $1,684.02 additional annual compensation in light of the additional duties of the Chair of the Board together with the management personnel benefits established for elected officials, excluding auto allowance, benefit allowance and retirement offset.

The existing retirement offset in the amount of $120.00 biweekly is hereby continued.

SECTION 2.

Ordinance No. 4578 is repealed in its entirety and superseded by this ordinance.

SECTION 3.

Pursuant to Government Code § 25123.5, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force sixty (60) days from the date of its passage; and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage it, or a summary of it, shall be published once, with the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the same in the Santa Barbara News Press, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Santa Barbara.