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Council approves limited pension addendum for city manager and clerk; narrows city attorney search to three candidates
Summary
Council approved contract addenda allowing the city manager and city clerk to participate in the new employee retirement plan via a 9% contribution to deferred compensation during unvested years and agreed to interview three finalists for the city attorney vacancy in January.
The council approved a contract addendum to allow the city manager and city clerk to participate in the city’s newly adopted employee pension arrangement by providing a 9% city contribution to a 457 deferred compensation plan for the duration of unvested years (staff cited a vesting date of Oct. 1, 2030). Councilors asked that the language be clarified to limit the contribution to years the charter officers remain unvested; staff agreed to amend the language accordingly before finalizing the paperwork.
On the city attorney vacancy, Human Resources reported initial recruitment yielded nine individual applicants and one firm by Oct. 31, with an additional applicant received later. Council discussed candidates and decided to exclude the law‑firm option from further consideration and to interview three finalists (John J. Anastasio, Manny Anand Jr. and Jean Stasio). Members scheduled interviews and a public interview day for Jan. 7, with an optional meet‑and‑greet the evening of Jan. 6. Council directed staff to prepare an interview schedule and logistics.
No formal public testimony addressed these personnel items; council recorded unanimous roll‑call approval of the contract addendum changes pending final wording and expressed a desire to move the attorney recruitment promptly into the interview stage.
