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Laguna Beach council sets single base salary for elected city clerk and raises pay to align with peer cities
Summary
Council approved a single base salary for the elected city clerk, lifting the position's pay about 5% and removing annual performance-based and exceptional performance pay provisions.
The City Council moved to make the city clerk's compensation policy more transparent and predictable by setting a single base salary for the elected position, approving a 5 percent base increase for fiscal year 2025–26 and removing annual exceptional performance pay.
Staff told council that, after a salary survey of comparable cities, the council had three options: retain the existing salary and range; increase the city clerk's base by 3 percent; or increase the base by 5 percent. Staff also recommended policy changes to ensure salary review occurs before an election cycle…
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