ORDINANCE NO. 615

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HAWARDEN INCREASING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

BE IT ORDAINED By the City of Hawarden City Council as follows:

Section 1. Salary Changes. The annual salaries of the Mayor and Council members are hereby amended payable for any term of office beginning served after December 31, 2003, as follows:

Present Salary New Salary
Mayor $3,000 $4,500
Councilperson $1,000 $1,500

Section 2. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 3. Severability. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof, not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval, and publication as provided by law.

Passed and approved this 8th day of September, 2003.

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Ricard R. Porter, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Craig M. Coffey, City Administrator/Clerk

First Reading: August 4, 2003
Second Reading: August 18, 2003
Third Reading: September 8, 2003

I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 615 was published in the Hawarden Independent, a newspaper printed and published and has a circulation in the City of Hawarden, Iowa on the 11th of September, 2003.

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Craig Coffey, City Administrator/Clerk