HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 02 City Manager Compensation 2022 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 12/12/2022
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Staff Contact/Dept.: Chaim Hertz/HR
Staff Phone No: 541-726-3787
Estimated Time: 30 Minutes
S P R I N G F I E L D
C I T Y C O U N C I L
Council Goals: Provide Financially
Responsible and
Innovative Government
Services
ITEM TITLE: CITY MANAGER COMPENSATION 2022
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Discuss City Manager compensation and ratify a wage increase.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
Nancy Newton’s employment contract requires HR to meet with City Council with
the intent of submitting a recommendation regarding a salary or cost of living
adjustment.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Salary Indexes for Comparison
2. City Manager Compensation Survey, Fall 2022
3. City Manager Compensation (Comparable Size) Survey, Fall 2022
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
According to Mrs. Newton’s contract, City Council shall give consideration to a
wage adjustment on an annual basis. To assist Council in that consideration,
included as an attachment is the average of four indexes to determine what, if any,
amount of salary or cost of living adjustment to recommend to City Council
(Attachment 1). The overall average of these indices is 5.13%.
Though not required by contract, HR also reviewed the compensation of City
Managers in similarly sized Oregon cities (Attachment 3) and those agencies with
which we compete for employees (Attachment 2). This data gives us a benchmark
to measure Mrs. Newton’s wage. According to the larger sample salary survey data,
Mrs. Newton’s total compensation package is currently 9.84% below average after
adjusting for cost of labor (geographic differential). When you look at the cities
within 50% (+/-) of Springfield’s population size, Mrs. Newton’s compensation is
6.84% below or 3.26% when adjusted for the cost of labor index.
Considering the index information and the comparable market data, Council should
consider but is not limited to the following possible options regarding an
adjustment to the City Managers compensation retroactively applied to the 7/1/22
pay period:
1. A market-based approach based on the average wage of comparable size
communities with the cost of labor adjustment of 3.26% with a FY23 budget
impact of $6,623
2. The average annual “index” approach with a 5.13% wage increase resulting
in an FY23 budget impact of $10,422
3. A market-based approach based on the average wage of comparable sized
communities without the cost of labor adjustment of 6.84% with a FY23
budget impact of $8,017
4. A market-based approach that includes the agency’s we compete with
equaling a 9.84% wage increase with the cost of labor adjustment resulting in
FY23 impact of $19,990
Base Salary Increases 2022 Actual
Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment 2022 5.90%
Public Administrators National Index 2022 4.70%
Western Officers/Executives 2022 4.60%
Oregon Officers/Executives 2022 5.30%
Average: 5.13%
Attachment 1 Page 1 of 1
City Population Served
(July 2021 PSU Estimate)
Annual
Salary
Deferred
Comp
Retirement/
PERS PICKUP
Car
Stipend
(Annual)
Other Cash
Equivalents
Total
Annual Cash
Compensation
% From
Average
GEO/Cost
of Labor
Adj
Comp
% From
Average
Lane County 382,647 $226,265 $22,627 $13,576 $7,500 $840 $270,807.40 13.71% 1.00 $270,807 17.86%
Eugene 175,626 $256,000 $15,000 $15,360 $5,980 $780 $293,120.00 23.08% 1.00 $291,654 26.93%
Gresham 114,361 $213,200 $0 $12,792 $6,000 $0 $231,992.00 -2.59% 0.92 $213,665 -7.01%
Hillsboro 108,154 $235,033 $13,800 $0 $5,700 $900 $255,433.00 7.25% 0.92 $235,509 2.50%
Bend 102,059 $212,184 $18,000 $12,731 $6,000 $960 $249,875.00 4.92% 0.99 $246,627 7.34%
Beaverton 97,318 $246,671 $0 $14,800 $6,000 $0 $267,471.26 12.31% 0.92 $246,074 7.09%
Medford 87,353 $185,640 $5,569 $11,138 $6,000 $780 $209,127.60 -12.19% 1.00 $208,709 -9.17%
*Springfield 62,352 $184,683 $7,387 $11,081 $3,480 $540 $207,171.30 -13.01%1.00 $207,171 -9.84%
Corvallis 57,601 $209,364 $25,124 $12,562 NO $900 $247,949.52 4.11% 0.99 $244,478 6.40%
Albany 57,199 $184,658 $6,463 $11,079 $3,600 $960 $206,760.51 -13.18% 0.99 $203,866 -11.27%
Lake Oswego 40,801 $190,369 $9,518 $11,422 $6,000 $600 $217,909.55 -8.50% 0.92 $199,823 -13.03%
Grants Pass 39,475 $174,930 $13,994 $10,496 $0 $0 $199,420.20 -16.27% 1.02 $203,608 -11.39%
Oregon City 37,737 $176,484 $15,884 $10,589 $4,200 $900 $208,056.60 -12.64% 0.93 $192,452 -16.24%
AVERAGE TOTAL COMPENSATION:$238,160 $229,773
Springfield 62,352 $184,683 $7,387 $11,081 $3,480 $540 $207,171.30 -13.01% 1.00 $207,171 -9.84%
DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE -13.01% -9.84%
* Not calculated into the "average" calculation
City Manager/CEO Compensation Study - August 2022
By Total Compensation
Attachment 2 Page 1 of 1
City Population Served
(July 2021 PSU Estimate)
Annual
Salary
Deferred
Comp
Retirement/
PERS PICKUP
Car
Stipend
(Annual)
Other Cash
Equivalents
Total
Annual Cash
Compensation
% From
Average
GEO/Cost
of Labor
Adj
Comp
% From
Average
Beaverton 97,318 $246,671 $0 $14,800 $6,000 $0 $267,471.26 20.27% 0.92 $246,074 14.91%
Medford 87,353 $185,640 $5,569 $11,138 $6,000 $780 $209,127.60 -5.96% 1.00 $208,709 -2.54%
*Springfield 62,352 $184,683 $7,387 $11,081 $3,480 $540 $207,171.30 -6.84%1.00 $207,171 -3.26%
Corvallis 57,601 $209,364 $25,124 $12,562 NO $900 $247,949.52 11.50% 0.99 $244,478 14.17%
Albany 57,199 $184,658 $6,463 $11,079 $3,600 $960 $206,760.51 -7.03% 0.99 $203,866 -4.80%
Lake Oswego 40,801 $190,369 $9,518 $11,422 $6,000 $600 $217,909.55 -2.01% 0.92 $199,823 -6.69%
Grants Pass 39,475 $174,930 $13,994 $10,496 $0 $0 $199,420.20 -10.33% 1.02 $203,608 -4.92%
Oregon City 37,737 $176,484 $15,884 $10,589 $4,200 $900 $208,056.60 -6.44% 0.93 $192,452 -10.13%
$10,779 AVERAGE TOTAL COMPENSATION:$222,385 $214,144
Springfield 62,352 $184,683 $7,387 $11,081 $3,480 $540 $207,171.30 -6.84% 1.00 $207,171 -3.26%
46%DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE -6.84% -3.26%
* Not calculated into the "average" calculation
Attachment 3 Page 1 of 1