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Carlsbad Council introduces elected-official pay adjustments, approves appointments and adopts all-way stop
Summary
The council introduced ordinances to adjust elected-official pay tied to the San Diego CPI (4% for Nov. 2025), approved several volunteer appointments, and adopted an all-way stop—one council vote on council-member pay was 4–1.
The City Council took several formal actions including introducing ordinances to adjust compensation for elected officials, approving appointments to advisory bodies, and adopting a traffic control ordinance.
Key actions taken: - Compensation: Human Resources Director Darren Schwab and HR Manager Jessica Dorsey presented the annual compensation review. Staff noted the San Diego Regional CPI for November 2025 was 4% and that Measure G and ordinance CS 435 allow adjustments up to that CPI. The council voted to introduce an ordinance to adjust city council member pay by the CPI (option A); the motion passed 4–1 with Council member Burkholder recorded as voting no. The council then introduced a separate ordinance to adjust the city clerk and city treasurer pay by the CPI; that motion passed unanimously.
- Appointments: The council unanimously appointed Susan Poser to the agricultural conversion mitigation citizens advisory committee, Jan Neff Sinclair to the housing commission, and Eileen Friedland to the senior commission after public comment from candidates.
- Traffic control: On second reading the council adopted an ordinance establishing an all-way stop at State Street and Laguna Drive; the adoption passed unanimously.
- Reorganization: Council confirmed special assignments and voted unanimously to continue Priya (mayor pro tem) in the pro tem role for another year.
Votes and motions are reflected in the official minutes and were taken during the meeting; no vetoes or rescissions were recorded. The council did not finalize any changes to clerk or treasurer pay beyond introducing the ordinance for consideration.
