Santa Monica : City Officials Get Pay Raises

The City Council has approved salary increases for the city attorney, city clerk and city manager.

All three appointed positions received cost-of-living increases of 5.1%. With the raise, the annual salary of City Atty. Robert M. Myers increases from $95,508 to $100,379. Myers was also awarded a performance bonus of $8,500, which is 8.9% of his annual salary before the raise.

In addition to the cost-of-living raise, City Clerk Clarice E. Johnsen also received an additional adjustment of 3.9%, based on the salaries of similar positions in other cities. Johnsen’s annual salary increases from $48,372 to $52,725, a total raise of 9%. She also received a performance bonus of $2,419, or 5% of her annual salary before the raise.

City Manager John Jalili received a salary adjustment based on the salaries of other city managers. Jalili’s performance bonus is incorporated in his total annual raise of 21.5%, which increases his annual salary from $97,296 to $118,214.

The salary increases are retroactive to July 1, the beginning of the 1989-90 fiscal year.