2024-09 Code Amendment- Council CompensationORDINANCE NO. 2024-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING DIVISION 1, "GENERALLY," OF
ARTICLE II, "COUNCIL," OF CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRATION," OF THE
VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 2-16,
"COMPENSATION," TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION FOR THE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 4 of the Village Charter provides that the Village Council may
determine the annual salary of Councilmembers by ordinance, provided that any ordinance increasing
the salary shall not become effective until the date of commencement of the terms of the
Councilmembers elected at the next regular election so long as the election follows the adoption of
the ordinance by six months; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-16 of the Village Code of Ordinances, last revised in 2006, establishes the
compensation for the Mayor and all other members of the Village Council, and the Village Council
wishes to increase such compensation; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council determines that the adoption of this Ordinance is in the best interests
of the residents of the Village of North Palm Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are ratified as true and correct and are incorporated herein.
Section 2. The Village Council hereby amends Division 1, "Generally," of Article II, "Council,"
of Chapter 2, "Administration," of the Village Code of Ordinances by amending Section 2-16 to read
as follows (additional language underlined and deleted language is stricken through):
See. 2-16. Compensation.
The compensation of all members elected to the village council other than the
mayor is hereby fixed at the sum of seven i,,,ndre,a fifty, dollars ($750 .00) one thousand
one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($1,125.00) per month. The compensation of the
mayor is hereby fixed at the sum of nine hundred dollars ($9 nm one thousand three
hundred and fifty dollars($1,350.00) per month.
Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of
Ordinances of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida.
Section 4. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is for
any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such
holding shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance.
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Section 5. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances and resolutions of the Village of
North Palm Beach, Florida, which are conflict with this Ordinance, are hereby repealed to extent of
such conflict.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective upon the date of commencement of the terms of the
Councilmembers elected at the March 2025 general election.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 27TH DAY OF JUNE, 2024.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 18TH DAY OF JULY, 2024.
ATTEST:
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VILLAGE CL RK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
VILLAGE ATTORNEY
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MAYOR