Did you know that
Llano City Manager Finley
DeGraffenried will receive a 15% merit raise?
The 2012 budget had a 3% raise for Llano City Manager
Finley Degraffenried but, in a quickly called appraisal meeting a month
after the budget passed, Finley claimed he was not paid as well as
others in the area. Despite several Council members presenting
performance issues with Finley, Mayor Reagor pushed through a merit
increase of 12%. Now 8 months later, the budget has another 3% merit
raise totaling
15% in one year. Will there be another October appraisal
surprise? Besides, is Finley's
$87,550
really commensurate with similar size Texas cities with city managers
without a college degree (see below)?
The pertinent issue is whether he deserves a 15%
MERIT increase. He started at a certain salary that was presumably
appropriate for the position and his experience. That was the time to
negotiate based on commensurate with others. From that point on, it
would be his merit that spurred increases. Did he do anything beyond
expectations? For example, did he fix the pool, fix the streets, fix the
water supply, fix the golf course, not lose money on anything, fix the
city website... Future posts will demonstrate the contrary. So any merit
raise, particularly 15%, is undeserved. So how did this happen?
Ask Mayor Reagor.
Do we want to raise taxes and utility rates to pay
for this? Tell the City what you think.
This table was obtained from the City of Llano via Freedom of
Information Act
San Saba city manager: population 3099 salary $76,095 degree yes.
Coleman city manager: population 5127 salary $60,008 degree yes.
Mason city manager: population 2134 salary $60,700 degree yes.
Smithville city manager: population 3817 salary $72,477 degree yes.
Haskell city manager: population 3322 salary $73,000 degree yes.
Clifton city manager: population 3442 salary $61,402 degree yes.
Clarksville city manager: population 3285 salary $45,000 degree no.
Olney city manager: population 3285 salary $59,760 degree no, some
college, 10 years as City Manager.
Did not include city managers at Finley's salary who had a masters
degree.
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