COUNCIL TO DEBATE TOONE PACT MAYOR PROPOSES PAY HIKE.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
PALMDALE - Mayor Jim Ledford is seeking a three-year contract extension and a $5,000 pay raise for City Manager Bob Toone. Ledford said he will ask the City Council at its meeting Wednesday to extend Toone's contract to Dec. 21, 2005, raise his pay to $176,000 and extend his severance pay Severance Pay Compensation that an employer gives to someone who is about to lose their job. Notes: Severance pay is not always paid to employees. It depends on the situation in which the employee is losing their job and whether legislation requires severance to be paid. to 18 months in the event Toone is fired before the end of his contract. ``I think he's done a stellar job,'' Ledford said. ``I hope we can reach a consensus and move on.'' He said Toone, who got a $10,000-a-year raise in August, still has the lowest salary of the three city managers in the area. Lancaster City Manager Jim Gilley is paid $192,144 a year and his counterpart counterpart n. in the law of contracts, a written paper which is one of several documents which constitute a contract, such as a written offer and a written acceptance. in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , George Caravalho, $171,200. Ledford said extending the severance pay portion of the contract will give Toone some security and keep him from being a target of political contention at the next council election. Toone's contract will be discussed Wednesday at the request of a newly elected councilman, Richard Loa. Loa said he wants to end anxiety about the city's future direction and leadership. Loa said the question of whether Toone will continue as city manager is particularly important to business people and the city's management staff. Loa has not stated his preferences for length of the contract or any changes. ``The exact terms are something I want to discuss with the council and Mr. Toone,'' Loa said Monday. Loa, accused during the recent election campaign of wishing to fire Toone, said he wants to give him time to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. goals sought by Loa, especially in developing the city's east side. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only) TOONE |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion