The Livermore city manager is due to receive approximately $30,000 in additional compensation annually beginning mid-November, given an amendment to her employment contract that the Livermore City Council supported unanimously Monday.
As part of the amendment approved Oct. 27, City Manager Marianna Burch is set to earn an annual base salary of $392,895, up from $370,656. The 6% increase is provided in line with her existing contract, which grants her the same cost-of-living adjustment provided to the Livermore management group.
The “material change” to Burch’s contract is for the city to provide an additional $327.85 per pay period ($8,524 annually) to the city manager’s deferred compensation, according to a staff report prepared by Livermore administrative services director Tina Olson. This boosts the city’s contribution to her deferred compensation to $903.85 per pay period, the amendment states.
Burch’s updated salary and benefits are set to take effect beginning the pay period starting Nov. 17, according to the staff report.
The amendment follows a positive performance evaluation by the council and its evaluation subcommittee during closed session Oct. 13.
“The committee and also the entire council had great praise for the job that our city manager is doing,” Livermore Mayor John Marchand said of Burch’s performance review.
“Your praise goes to the entire city staff,” Burch replied during the meeting. “We do have an exceptional team in place and that’s why my job is really not that difficult, given the team that we have.”
According to Burch’s employment contract, the council must conduct an annual performance review of her work, according to the staff report. Based on her performance review, they may then modify the terms and conditions of her employment including any salary increase, bonus or other benefit changes, the report states.
Following Burch’s evaluation and a discussion of her requests, the draft amendment to her employment contract was placed on Monday’s meeting agenda for council consideration.
The city’s increased contribution to Burch’s deferred compensation takes into account the depressed cost to the city associated with her pension formula, according to Olson.
The council’s approval marks the second amendment to the city manager’s employment contract.
In total, the additional, annual net salary and benefits cost the city $30,763 and will paid via its general fund, according to the staff report.
As part of the consent calendar that night — composed of items typically considered noncontroversial and decided with a single motion — the council also approved an updated salary plan to reflect compensation increases for the city’s executive management classifications, minimum wage roles as well as the city manager.
Executive management classifications are set to receive a 6% wage adjustment, effective Nov. 17. The increase does not apply to the police chief, according to a staff report prepared by Livermore human resources analyst Kaylin Larson.
Similar to the city manager, the city’s executive management classifications mirror the increases received by the Livermore management group.
Currently, all five of the city’s department heads have the same salary range, according to the staff report. The proposed salary ranges were designed to align compensation with differences in responsibility, degree of risk or the required expertise, the staff report states.
Minimum wages are set to increase to $16.90 per hour, up from $16.50 and in line with the forthcoming state hourly minimum wage.
The city is set to implement the increased minimum wage Dec. 29. There are currently 31 employees set to be affected by this raise, including those in classifications such as department assistant, field/maintenance aide, law clerk, library aide and police cadet, according to the staff report.
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