Dear Council Member Sun,
I understand you are the incoming Mayor for our City and would be deciding on the City Manager replacement for Mr. Schaefer.
This is to suggest that before deciding on the new City Manager, the City should conduct an assessment on what level of Manager the City needs, an external search for candidates and a salary survey on the remuneration for the new manager.
From the most current public sources, SM City Manager was paid a total of $222,000 to manage a city of 3.8 sq miles with 13,000 residents.
The Newport Beach CA City Manager is paid a total of $304,000 to manage a city of 53 sq miles with 85,000 residents.
San Marino City Manager is paid 73% of Newport Beach's remuneration to manage a City that is 92% smaller than Newport Beach.
San Marino City Manager is paid 10 times more on a per sq mile basis and 6.5 times more on a per resident basis. The Newport Beach Manager has many more departments and employees to manager as well.
From National League of Cities, avg city manager salary is $106,000 (http://www.nlc.org/build-skills-and-networks/resources/cities-101/city-officials/average-salaries-of-municipal-officials)
The current salary for our City Manager is legacy and increased annually (sometimes with double digit increments unheard of in the real world) without any regard to requirements and scope of responsibilities.
The City required a bailout during the last election with 2 parcel taxes for emergency services. We have had to reduce overtime for firefighters. And we recently paid a $5,000 penalty for stopping the Hungtington Drive roadwork.
The City Manager's remuneration needs to be re-set to be in-line with duties and responsibilities for a 13,000 resident city in order to reduce expenses.
An external candidate with a fresh set of eyes and new ideas would help the City find new ways of reducing costs and increasing the quality of services to residents. I strongly believe the City of San Marino can do better with a new external candidate.
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