The salary for Bainbridge Island City Manager Doug Schulze will climb to $170,000 a year under a new contract under review by the city council.
If approved, Schulze will see a salary increase of nearly $15,000.
The Bainbridge council will vote on the new employment contract for Schulze at this week’s council meeting.
Schulze was hired in September 2012, and his current contract expires on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The council and manager have been negotiating a new contract in recent months, and the new agreement stretches 10 pages. Unlike his first contract with the city, which ran for three years, the new employee agreement will automatically renew on an annual basis unless Schulze retires or is fired.
Under the proposed contract, Schulze will be paid an annual base salary of $170,000.
Schulze was hired at a salary of $150,000, and he currently is paid $155,287.
His new salary won’t be set in stone forever, however.
Schulze will continue to get pay raises after Jan. 1, 2017, whenever other management employees also get increases. The city council also retains the ability to consider pay raises for the city manager on an annual basis.
The new contract also includes health, disability and life insurance benefits, paid vacation (up to 10.33 hours per month, rising to 15.33 hours per month for the next five years) and sick leave, and also six days of “management leave.”
The contract includes an annual automobile allowance for $3,000 a year, and the city will also pay a match of 15 percent of Schulze’s salary each year into his retirement plan.
The proposed agreement also defines how much Schulze will be paid if he is fired without cause, or is asked to resign.
If either happens, Schulze will be paid half of his annual salary at the time of his termination, and will also be paid for any unused vacation leave. The city will also continue to pay for his medical, dental and vision benefits, and cover his family’s health insurance, for six months.
The council will meet this week Tuesday, Nov. 3 in council chambers at city hall. The meeting starts with an executive session at 6:30 p.m., with the council returning into its regular business session at 7 p.m.
