West Columbia officials approve 15% bonus and 3% merit increase for city administrator

City of West Columbia officials voted unanimously to adopt a compensation package for the city administrator that includes a 15% bonus and a 3% merit increase, according to remarks recorded immediately after an executive session.

The motion to adopt the package was offered from the dais after the executive session. "I would invite a motion that we adopt the compensation package for the city administrator as discussed in executive session including a 15% bonus and 3% merit increase," said a councilmember identified in the transcript only as the mover. Another councilmember seconded the motion, and the presiding officer called for a hand-raise vote and announced it was "unanimously approved at this time."

The action was introduced and decided in the open meeting immediately following an executive session; the transcript does not specify the names of the mover, the seconder or individual vote counts. The motion text and the approval were the only substantive items recorded on this agenda line; no dollar amounts beyond the stated percentages, effective dates, or changes to employment terms were specified in the transcript.

Following the vote, the presiding officer closed the meeting. The transcript does not include further detail about funding sources, whether the bonus is a one-time payment or part of base pay, or whether additional employment-contract changes will be processed for formal adoption in writing.

Record of action: a motion to adopt the administrator compensation package (15% bonus and 3% merit increase) was made, seconded and announced as unanimously approved by the presiding officer. Individual roll-call tallies and any implementing paperwork were not specified in the meeting transcript.