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Commission approves amendment to city manager's employment agreement to include merit pay
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to amend City Manager Kurt Swartzlander's employment agreement so he will participate in the merit pay plan used for other employees; changes to salary must be included in the adopted budget.
The Daytona Beach Shores City Commission on July 28 voted 5-0 to amend City Manager Kurt Swartzlander's employment agreement to include him in the city's existing merit-pay plan.
Staff presented the amendment as the second amendment to the employment agreement and said it aligns the City Manager's merit increases with the same merit structure other employees receive. The city attorney advised no additional statutory reading was required for the amendment; staff noted any salary changes must be incorporated in an adopted budget for the fiscal year.
Commissioners asked for a motion and voted after limited discussion. City Manager Kurt Swartzlander offered only brief comment, saying, "No comments other than thank you for, amending my contract." The commission recorded the vote as 5-0 in favor of the amendment.
The fiscal-impact statement on the agenda said that any changes to the city manager's salary resulting from merit pay must be included in the city's adopted fiscal-year budget. The amendment does not itself change the budget; it permits the manager to receive merit adjustments consistent with the plan applied to other employees and requires any pay changes to be captured in the budget process.
