HomeMy WebLinkAbout08 - City Manager Employment AgreementCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Supplemental Agenda Item No. 8
January 13, 2009
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Don Webb, Council Member
9491646 -3133 or dwebb @city.newport- beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Amend the City Manager's Employment Agreement to
Provide a Monthly Auto Allowance
ISSUE:
Does the City Council want to amend the City Manager's employment agreement to match
the $500 monthly auto allowance recently provided to the City Attorney under his new
contract?
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council's City Attorney Recruitment Committee, with Councilman Webb as Chair,
recommends the City Manager's employment contract be amended to provide for a $500
monthly auto allowance and by affirmative action on this matter the City Council authorizes
the modification of the City Manager's contract accordingly.
BACKGROUND:
The City Manager has been employed by contract since May 1999, with his sixth amended
employment agreement being entered into in December 2007. That agreement's term is for
two years — from September 2, 2007, until September 1, 2009. The City Council has
recently successfully concluded a City Attorney recruitment with the hiring of David Hunt,
whose employment agreement was approved at the December 9, 2008, Council meeting.
That agreement included an auto allowance for the City Attorney in the amount of $500
monthly.
DISCUSSION:
The City Council's City Attorney Recruitment Committee recommends the City Manager's
current employment contract be amended to also provide a $500 monthly auto allowance.
The City Manager does not currently receive an auto allowance, and the recruitment of the
City Attorney showed it is a general practice that City Managers and staff City Attorneys be
provided an auto allowance. The $500 monthly amount being recommended appears to be
an average auto allowance for these positions. The Committee believes it is an issue of
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January 93, 2009
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fairness that the City Manager should also receive the same benefit being provided to the
newly hired City Attorney.
Environmental Review: The City Council's approval of this Agenda Item does not require
environmental review.
Public Notice: This agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in
advance of the meeting at which the Council considers the item).
Submitted by:
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Don Webb
Council Member
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 8
January 13, 2009
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager's Office
Homer Bludau, City Manager
949/644 -3000 or hbludau @city.newport- beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Amend the City Managers Employment Agreement to
Provide a Monthly Auto Allowance
ISSUE:
Does the City Council want to amend the City Manager's employment agreement to match
the $500 monthly auto allowance recently provided to the City Attorney under his new
contract?
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council's City Attorney Recruitment Committee, with Councilman Webb as Chair,
recommends the City Manager's employment contract be amended to provide for a $500
monthly auto allowance.
BACKGROUND:
The City Manager has been employed by contract since May 1999, with his sixth amended
employment agreement being entered into in December 2007. That agreement's term is for
two years — from September 2, 2007 until September 1, 2009. The City Council has
recently successfully concluded a City Attorney recruitment with the hiring of David Hunt,
whose employment agreement was approved at the December 9, 2008, Council meeting.
That agreement included an auto allowance for the City Attorney in the amount.of $500
monthly.
DISCUSSION:
The'City Council's City Attorney Recruitment Committee recommends the City Manager's
current employment contract be amended to also provide a $500 monthly auto allowance.
The City Manager does not currently receive an auto allowance, and the recruitment of the
City Attorney showed it is a general practice that City Managers and staff City Attorneys be
provided an auto allowance. The $500 monthly amount being recommended appears to be
an average auto allowance for these positions. The Committee believes it is an issue of
City Manager Auto Allowance
January 13, 2009
Page 2
faimess that the City Manager should also receive the same benefit being provided to the
newly hired City Attorney.
Environmental Review: The City Council's approval of this Agenda Item does not require
environmental review.
Public Notice: This agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in
advance of the meeting at which the Council considers the item).
Submitted by
HOMER L. BLUVAU
City Manager