HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-02-08 - Ordinance No. 2024-01 ORDINANCE NO. 2024-01
ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
SETTING COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
PURSUANT TO SECTION 20200 ET SEQ. OF THE
CALIFORNIA WATER CODE AND SUPERSEDING ORDINANCE NO. 03-01
WHEREAS, the Yorba Linda Water District is organized and operates under
authority of the County Water District Act, Division 12, commencing
with Section 30000 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, California Water Code Section 20202 permits water districts, as
defined in Section 20200, which includes the Yorba Linda Water
District, to increase compensation of members of the Board of
Directors in an amount in excess of $100 per day for each day's
attendance at Board meetings and for each day's service rendered
as a Director at the Board's request, not to exceed ten (10) days per
calendar month; and
WHEREAS, the increase in compensation authorized pursuant to Section 20202
is limited to five percent (5%) for each calendar year following the
operative date of the last adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors last took action on Thursday, January 23, 2003,
to increase Board member compensation to $150 per day; and
WHEREAS, The Board seeks to increase the amount of compensation in
accordance with the provisions of Water Code Section 20200 et seq.;
and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 20203 of the Water Code and Section
6066 of the Government Code, a public hearing was held on
Thursday, February 8, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., or soon thereafter as
practicable, and a notice of said hearing was duly published in the
Yorba Linda Star, a newspaper of general circulation, once a week
for two weeks on Thursday, January 25, 2024 and Thursday, February
1 , 2024.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda
Water District as follows:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
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SECTION 2. Upon and after the effective date of this Ordinance, compensation
for members of the Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda Water
District shall be $157.50 per day for each day's attendance at
meetings of the Board of Directors and other meetings attended at
the request of the Board of Directors. Compensation for any type of
service shall not exceed ten (10) days in any calendar month.
SECTION 3. Each calendar year, the Board will consider increasing Board
member compensation effective each January 1, beginning
January 1, 2025, in an amount equal to cost of living adjustment
(COLA) percentages provided to District employees not to exceed
five percent (5%).
SECTION 4. Members of the Board shall receive reimbursement or payment of
expenses, according to District policy, rules, and regulations, incurred
in the performance of each Director's duties required or authorized
by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5. All ordinances, resolutions, or administrative actions by the Board of
Directors, or parts thereof, that are inconsistent with any provision of
this Ordinance are hereby superseded only to the extent of such
inconsistency.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to Section 20204 of the Water Code, this Ordinance shall
become effective sixty (60) days from the date of adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of February 2024, by the following called vote:
AYES: Directors Barbre, DesRoches, Hawkins, Hernandez, and Lindsey
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Trudi DesRoches, President
Yorba Linda Water District
ATTEST:
Annie Alexander, Board Secretary
Yorba Linda Water District
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Reviewed and approved as to form by General Counsel:
Andr w 9. Gage , Esq.
Kidman Gagen Law LLP
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