HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-10-10 - Ordinance No. 2024-02 ORDINANCE NO. 2024-02
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. 2024-01
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 took action on Thursday, February 8, 2024, to
increase Board member compensation by five percent (5%) from
$150.00 to $157.50 per day with an effective date 60 days from the
date of adoption; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors also took action to conduct a public hearing
each calendar year to consider increasing Board member
compensation effective 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%); and
WHEREAS, District employees were provided a COLA to their base salary of four
percent (4%) effective July 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors seeks to increase the amount of compensation
consistent with the District employees' four percent (4%) COLA and
in accordance with the provisions of Water Code Section 20200 et
seq.; and
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WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 20203 of the Water Code and Section
6066 of the Government Code, a public hearing was held on
Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., or soon thereafter as
practicable, and a notice of said hearing was duly published in a
newspaper of general circulation, once a week for two weeks on
Thursday, September 26, 2024 and Thursday, October 3, 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.
SECTION 2. Upon and after January 1, 2025, compensation for members of the
Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda Water District shall be $163.80
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 conduct a public hearing to
consider increasing Board member compensation effective January
1 st of the following calendar year 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. Consistent with Section 20204 of the Water Code, this Ordinance shall
become effective on January 1 , 2025.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 Oth day of October 2024, by the following called vote:
AYES: Directors Barbre, DesRoches, Hernandez, and Lindsey
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Director Hawkins •
Trudi DesRoches, President
Yorba Linda Water District
ATTEST:
Annie Alexander, Board Secretary
Yorba Linda Water District
Reviewed and approved as to form by General Counsel:
An ew . G en, Esq.
Kidman Gagen Law LLP
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1920 Main St. Suite 225
3200 Guasti Road, Suite 100
Irvine, California 92614
(714) 796-2209
legals@inlandnewspapers.com
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
ATTN: KERI HOLLON
PLACENTIA, California 92870
Account Number:5221905
Ad Order Number:0011693365
Customer's Reference/PO Number:
Publication:Yorba Linda Star
Publication Dates:09/26/2024 and 10/03/2024
Total Amount:$199.31
Payment Amount:$0.00
Amount Due:$199.31
Notice ID:0011693365
Invoice Text:YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND SUMMARY
OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, October 10,
2024 at 8:30 a.m., the Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing to consider
adoption of an Ordinance entitled: Setting Compensation for Members of the Board
Pursuant to Section 20200 et seq. of the California Water Code. This Ordinance
would increase the Directors' compensation in the amount of four percent (4%) from
$157.50 to $163.80 for each day’s service rendered on the District’s behalf, not to
exceed a total of ten (10) days each calendar month, and shall become effective
beginning January 1, 2025. A certified copy of the complete text of the proposed
Ordinance is posted and may be read at the District's offices located at 1717 East
Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870, or on the District's website at www.ylwd.com .
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Yorba Linda Star
1920 Main St. Suite 225
Irvine, California 92614
(714) 796-2209
0011693365
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
ATTN: KERI HOLLON, 1717 E. MIRALOMA AVE.
PLACENTIA, California 92870
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
(2015.5 C.C.P.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange County
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County
aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not party
to or interested in the above-entitled matter. I am the principal
clerk of the printer of Yorba Linda Star, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed and published in the City of Irvine*, County
of Orange County, and which newspaper has been adjudged a
newspaper of general circulation by the Superior Court of
County of Orange County, State of California, under the date
of June 15, 1945, Decree No. Pomo C-606. The notice, of
which the annexed is a printed copy (set in type not smaller
than nonpareil), has been published in each regular and entire
issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on
the following dates, to wit:
09/26/2024, 10/03/2024
I certify (or declare) under the penalty of perjury that the
foregoing is true and correct.
Dated at Irvine, California
On this 3rd day of October, 2024.
______________________________
Signature
*Yorba Linda Star circulation includes the following cities: [UNKNOWN
LIST]
Published in North County News Tribunewhich is an insert in the OC Registerand serves as a newspaper of general circulation..