Beaumont — The City Council authorized employment agreements for the interim city manager and interim deputy city manager on Dec. 2, 2025, recording compensation figures and fully loaded fiscal impacts in open session.

The city attorney publicly stated compensation numbers for the interim positions. The transcript reports the interim city manager figures as a base/compensation figure (the number in the transcript contains formatting/typo errors) and a fully loaded fiscal impact of $336,298; the interim deputy city manager's annual base salary is reported as $241,633.56 with a fully burdened cost of $396,561, which includes benefits. One councilmember (speaker 11) recused themself from discussion and returned after the item, and council approved the employment agreements by roll call.

Council members discussed CalPERS membership categories to explain differences in fully loaded costs. Staff confirmed the contracts were within city manager signing authority and would be executed accordingly.