Res. No. 172-04-11951172 -04 -11951
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF 1 CIT
SOUTH OF I, FLORIDA i a
0 PROVIDING i.
DATE
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission approved the City Manager's contract in July
2003, which states that the "The City Manager shall also receive an annual merit increase," and that "the
Commission may consider such matters, among others, as ... job performance, overall ability,
responsiveness to direction from the commission and whether, and the extent to which, the manager has
met or exceeded goals and objectives that may be set by the commission;" and
WHEREAS, the 2004 -2005 General Funds budget for the City of South Miami which includes
the Manager's salary reflective of this increase was passed by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the city manager accepted the job at a rate initially lower than she normally would,
due to the deficit financial condition of the City at that time, and has performed the duties and
responsibilities of her job in an exemplary manner, exceeding goals and objectives, as exemplified by the
elimination of a $1.4 million deficit and significantly increasing revenues during her first year in the
position; and
WHEREAS, the city manager's revisions of systems procedures in nearly every department have
resulted in greatly improved service to the public, increased morale and financial benefit to the city; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Commission realize the importance of strong, professional
management and that finding and maintaining experienced, knowledgeable personnel willing to work in
the public sector is becoming increasingly difficult.
THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF OF i UTH MIAMI, FLORID
SECTION 1. That the City Manager's salary is hereby adjusted to reflect a $15,000.00 merit
increase as reflected in the 2004 -2005 general funds budget, reflecting the Commission's satisfaction with
the Manager's job performance and desire to reward outstanding performance in a way that encourages its
continuation and long term stability to the City's management.
SECTION 2. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval, and the
pursuant salary increase shall be retroactive to the City Manager's anniversary date of July 14"', 2004.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 19th DAY OF October 2004.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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CITY CLERK JAYOR
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CI ATTO
Commission Vote:
4 -0
Mayor Russell:
Yea
Vice Mayor Palmer:
Yea
Commissioner Wiscombe:
absent
Commissioner Birts- Cooper:
Yea
Commissioner Sherar:
Yea
South Miami
To: Honorable Vice Mayor
and City Commission
From: Mary Scott R
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Mayor
Date: October 5, 2004
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Subject: Agenda Item 4 ,
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF TBE CITY
OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING A MERIT INCREASE OF
$15,000 IN THE CITY MANAGER'S SALARY; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BA CKGR 0 UND AND ANALYSIS
As you are aware, the passage of the 2004-2005 General Budget and pay plan included the
proposed merit increase for the City Manager required by her contract.- The City Code requires
that the Manager's salary, along with the other City Officers, be set by ordinance. That
re I quirement was satisfied by the ordinance accepting the budget. That said, however,, it seems
prudent to make a separate official statement of the Commission's intent and acceptance of that
increase. This proposed resolution is to that effect.
We have already discussed the Manager's 'many accomplishments and the reasons justifying the
suggested increase, not the least of which is to bring her into parity with her peers in similarly
situated municipalities, so there is no need to restate the obvious. The only outstanding
component to the salary increase process. is the lack to date of a formal evaluation of her
performance over the last year. This has been a failure on our part to follow the requirements of
her contract. I do not believe the Manager should be penalized for our inactions by holding up
her well-deserved increase any longer.
I do want to make clear that, as I stated previously, "as strongly as I support this one time
significant increase in (her) salary to bring it more in line with that of the other same-sized
municipalities, all future contractual merit increases will be much more ,along the same
guidelines as are set for other professional, administrative and managerial (read "exempt")
employees of the City." With that in mind, I urge my colleagues to pass this resolution. I trust
that evaluations have been accomplished by this date as was discussed at the last Commission
meeting.
RECOMMENDATION
Your approval is recommended.