Denison City approves $124,500 pay raise for city manager and allows unused leave to carry over

Denison City officials voted to increase the city manager's salary to $124,500 and to allow the manager to carry over unused vacation or other accrued leave into the next fiscal year. The motion, made by the meeting chair, noted the approved salary is less than what a recommending committee had proposed.

The chair moved the measure in open session, saying the raise would be set at $124,500 and that any unused time on the manager's leave account as of the end of the fiscal year may be used during the next fiscal year. The chair then called the roll. Sue Smith responded "Yes." Logan responded "Yes." Brandon responded "Yes." Kernan responded "Yes." After the affirmative responses, the chair declared the motion approved and adjourned the meeting.

There was no recorded second for the motion in the transcript and no additional discussion of budgetary offsets, effective date, or personnel evaluation details. The chair specifically said the approved figure was "less than what was recommended by the committee," but the committee's recommended amount was not specified in the record. The authorization to carry over unused leave did not include limits or an expiration; the transcript records only the council's approval to permit carryover into the next fiscal year.

The action followed a closed-session discussion; the meeting returned to open session before the motion was made. The recording includes an automated audio toolkit message after the meeting's adjournment that is unrelated to the proceedings.

Next steps, such as administrative implementation of the pay change, publication of an effective date, or any related budget amendment, were not specified in the transcript.