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Jupiter council extends town manager contract to four years, sets $300,000 base salary
Summary
The Town of Jupiter approved an amended employment contract for Town Manager Frank Kitzrow that extends the term to four years and sets his base salary at $300,000; council also struck a sentence in Section 14 and directed staff on evaluation scheduling.
Jupiter’s Town Council on May 6 approved an amendment to Town Manager Frank Kitzrow’s employment agreement that extends the contract term to four years and sets a base annual salary of $300,000.
Council members said the change recognizes Kitzrow’s tenure and ongoing responsibilities, and the amendment also removes a sentence in Section 14 of the contract that councilors found unnecessary. The motion passed unanimously.
Mayor Jim Kuretsky, who brought the item forward, told the council he had previously been authorized to provide a letter of intent to extend the contract and that the amendment was intended to consolidate changes now rather than wait until the manager’s annual performance review in June. “I was authorized to provide a letter of our intent to extend the contract,” the mayor said during the discussion.
Councilors debated whether to raise base pay now or rely more on year-end performance bonuses. Several members said they favored increasing the base salary in recognition of the manager’s leadership and the town’s current workload, with the option of smaller annual bonuses tied to future evaluations. The council also agreed there should be a formal reminder and calendar scheduling for the manager’s annual performance review, which the council said should be completed by June 1 each year; staff (Human Resources) was directed to notify council in the spring about the upcoming evaluation deadline.
The resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the amended agreement (Resolution 64-25 as amended) passed on a unanimous vote of the council members present. The amendment includes: a four-year term, a $300,000 base salary, and removal of the second sentence in Section 14 per the council’s action tonight.
The contract language also now specifies the base salary is “subject to any adjustment approved by the council,” making future annual salary changes a formal council decision rather than an administrative detail.
No other alterations to compensation structure were adopted beyond the single base-salary adjustment and the term extension. The council recorded the approval as a formal action and the mayor was authorized to execute the contract on the town’s behalf.
Details to note from the meeting record: the council discussed benchmarking against other municipalities, differing sizes and utility structures in peer towns, and the timing of contract renewals relative to municipal budget cycles. Councilors emphasized retaining experienced executive leadership and flagged the difficulty and expense of recruiting a replacement should the town need one in the near term.
The amendment takes effect upon execution; the council expects to complete the town manager’s regular performance review in advance of the next fiscal-year decisions and to consider any annual salary adjustments at that time.
