HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-14 An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado Repealing and Reenacting Section 1-5-8 of the Vail Town Code, Regarding Compensation for the Mayor and Town Council MembersORDINANCE NO.14
SERIES 2023
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL,
COLORADO REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 1-5-8 OF THE
VAIL TOWN CODE, REGARDING COMPENSATION FOR THE MAYOR
AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL,
COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 1-5-8 of the Vail Town Code is hereby repealed in its entirety
and reenacted as follows:
§ 1-5-8 COMPENSATION.
(A) Mayor. The Mayor shall receive compensation in the amount of
$1,700 per month during the Mayor's term of office.
(B) Town Council. Each Town Council member shall receive
compensation in the amount of $1,200 per month during their term of office.
(C) Annual Increase. The monthly compensation for the Mayor and
Town Council members shall automatically increase on January 1g' of each
year beginning January 1, 2025, in an amount equal to the percentage
increase in the Denver -Aurora -Lakewood Consumer Price Index ("CPI").
Should the CPI decrease in any given year, the monthly compensation shall
not decrease, but instead, shall remain the same as the prior year.
(D) If the Town of Vail budget for any year does not include monies allocated
for employee compensation increases, the monthly compensation for
Mayor and Town Council will not increase, but instead remain the same as
the prior year.
Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would
have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Section 3. The Town Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this
ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare of the Town and the
inhabitants thereof.
Section 4. The amendment of any provision of the Town Code as provided in
this ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any
violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor
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any other action or proceeding as commenced under or by virtue of the provision
amended. The amendment of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any
ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein.
Section 5. All bylaws, orders, resolutions and ordinances, or parts thereof,
inconsistent herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer
shall not be construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution or ordinance, or part thereof,
theretofore repealed.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect on November 21, 2023. For those
officials elected to new terms at the November 7, 2023 regular Town election, the
compensation set forth in this ordinance shall apply. For those incumbent officials who
do not start new terms after the November 7, 2023 election, the prior version of Section
1-5-8 of the Vail Town Code shall apply through the remainder of their current terms.
Thereafter, the compensation set forth in this ordinance shall apply to all future terms of
the Mayor and Town Council members.
INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READING, APPROVED, AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON FIRST READING this 1$t day of August, 2023 and a
public hearing for second reading of this Ordinance set for the 15th day of August, 2023,
in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal B%40!ng, Vail, Colo db4,
ATTEST:
Steplianie Bbbens, Town Clerk
READ AND APPROVED ON
this 15th day of August, 2023.
ATTEST:
Stephanie Bibbens,
Town Clerk
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