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Walnut Creek council announces salary increases and contract changes for city attorney and manager
Summary
The council announced and approved amendments to the city attorney and city manager contracts that increase pay and extend severance/notice provisions. The changes include a 4% increase July 1, 2026 and an additional 3% in 2027 tied to satisfactory evaluations, and longer notice and severance protections for the city manager.
Mayor Kevin Wilk announced proposed amendments to compensation terms for the city attorney (Redwood Public Law) and the city manager during the consent calendar discussion and the council approved the items as part of the consent calendar.
The package for the city attorney included a 4% rate increase effective July 1, 2026 and a further 3% increase on July 1, 2027, contingent on a satisfactory or better evaluation in 2027. For the city manager, the council approved a 4% salary increase effective with the pay period including June 30, 2026 and a subsequent 3% increase effective with the pay period including June 30, 2027, also tied to a satisfactory 2027 performance evaluation. The city manager’s employment agreement was amended to extend the notice period before involuntary termination from 90 to 180 days following the seating of a newly elected council and to increase severance from nine to 12 months; health benefits are included in the severance package.
Mayor Wilk cited the requirement under Government Code section 54953 to verbally announce compensation changes prior to council action. After a motion and second, the consent calendar items that included these changes carried on a recorded voice vote with council members voting to approve the consent items.
Council treated these compensation items as consent calendar business; no separate public hearing was held. The amendments take effect on the dates specified in the motions and are subject to the evaluation contingencies noted in the contract language.
