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Albany council extends city manager contract, approves 3% cost-of-living increase
Summary
After reviewing compensation data, the Albany City Council voted to continue the city manager's contract for another year and adopt a 3% cost-of-living adjustment consistent with nonbargaining staff; council also authorized staff to continue real-property negotiations during an executive session.
The Albany City Council voted to continue the city manager's employment agreement for another year and to adopt a 3% cost-of-living adjustment consistent with nonbargaining staff.
Holly Roten, the city's human resources director, presented a compensation survey that compared Albany's total compensation package for the city manager to a set of peer cities. Roten told council, "Albany's total compensation is at 99.6% of market, so right where you would aim for us to be or close to." She noted two recent administrative changes: the city is eliminating a cell-phone stipend (moving to city-provided phones) and it added an annual VEBA contribution for nonbargaining employees; both items were reflected in the compensation table presented to council.
Roten explained the city manager's contract provides the same cost-of-living adjustment as other nonbargaining employees and that the budget included a 3% COLA effective July 1. After discussion and questions about past contract changes and severance language, a councilor moved to continue the city manager's contract for another year and approve the 3% COLA; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with councilors recorded as voting "aye." The roll call in the transcript recorded votes by name: Councilor Newton (aye), Councilor Thompson (aye), Councilor Van (aye), Councilor McLeod (aye), Councilor Smith (yes), and Councilor McGee (aye).
Earlier in the meeting, during an executive session to discuss real-property negotiations under ORS 192.660, a council member moved and another seconded a motion authorizing Director Rutgers to continue negotiations for the properties in question; the motion passed on a voice vote, recorded in the public minutes as approved.
Ending: The council directed staff to implement the compensation action consistent with the city manager's contract terms and to proceed with the authorized property negotiations as discussed in executive session. Council asked staff to return contract documentation and any needed administrative updates to the public record.
