League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Alameda County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Measure W Limit Future Mayor/Council Salary Increases City of Livermore Ordinance - Majority Approval Required Pass: 16848 / 80.06% Yes votes ...... 4195 / 19.94% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure W	Arguments Against Measure W
Currently, Council members receive $1,070 per month and the Mayor receives $1490 per month. There have been no increases in Council compensation for over four years. Under California Government Code, the Livermore City Council can enact raises in their compensation or monthly stipend by 5% per year, for each year since the last increase. Any increase in compensation does not take effect for the current Council but only for the Council following the subsequent election. This initiative, which was placed on the ballot by the City Council, makes two significant changes designed to limit the ability of future Councils to raise the monthly stipend they receive for their time and service. First, this initiative prevents future Councils from "catching up" from prior election cycles in which no raises were given by limiting raises to only the current election cycle. Second, any raises will be limited to either the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the current cycle or 5%, whichever is less, instead of just the current 5% limit. We, the undersigned members of the City Council, urge your vote on this initiative. Submitted of behalf of the Livermore City Council: /s John Marchand, Mayor /s Bob Woerner, Vice Mayor /s Stewart Gary, Councilmember /s Doug Horner, Councilmember /s Laureen Turner, Councilmember	No arguments against Measure W were submitted.

Full Text of Measure W

The people of the City of Livermore, California do ordain as follows: Section 1. Ordinance. Subsection D is hereby added to Section 2.04.030 Compensation Limits for Mayor and Council Members in Chapter 2.04 City Council of the Livermore Municipal Code to read as follows: 2.04.030 Compensation Limits for Mayor and Council Members D. Pursuant to Government Code section 36516, the compensation for the city council members and mayor may be increased up to a maximum of 5% for each calendar year since the last increase, effective when a new term of office for any city council member or mayor commences. However, Livermore desires to be more restrictive and hereby prohibits multi-year increases and only allows a single increase before any new term of office commences, and limits any such increase to the lesser of either the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the San Francisco Bay Area (W) from the prior election cycle or 5% of the then existing compensation. No part of this subsection shall be repealed or amended except by a vote of the people. Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be adopted if approved by the majority of qualified electors at the city's general municipal election held on November 4, 2014; and shall be effective ten (10) days following the date upon which the Livermore City Council declares by resolution the results from that election. Section 3. Severability. If any part of this ordinance is declared invalid by a court, such invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining parts.