Politics & Government
New City Manager Salary: $225K
Greg Rogers' salary was based on the average city manager pay in 11 nearby cities.
San Ramon’s new city manager will make $225,000 a year.
Greg Roger’s new base salary includes a $500 car allowance and 7 percent of it will go to the city’s Public Employees Retirement System.
Roger’s will be making about $135,000 less than San Ramon’s last manager, Herb Moniz, whose $359,699 grabbed headlines last year as one of the highest salaries for any city manager in the state.
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Moniz retired in March and Rogers took his place.
His new contract keeps him paid through March 31, 2013.
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Moniz was city manager for more than 20 years, so when he retired the city ordered a $5,000 study to determine what the next city manager’s pay should be.
The report by Armanino McKenna looked at 11 nearby cities and found that the average base salary for those city managers was $219,771 and the median pay was $223,714.
The cities studied were Brentwood ($225,456), Campbell ($187,266), Concord ($223,250), Cupertino ($236,382), Livermore ($225,427), Milpitas ($214,082), Mountain View ($260,161), Pleasanton ($197,026), San Leandro ($202,692), Union City ($225,732) and Walnut Creek ($220,012).
The report also showed that the average total compensation in the study was $233,755.
Brentwood, Concord, Pleasanton, Livermore, Mountain View, San Leandro and Walnut Creek however, all have one or more assistant city managers to help out, unlike San Ramon who is currently under a hiring freeze.
Rogers' salary is subject to change based on annual performance reviews by City Council, which can decide whether to give him a raise.
Rogers, who was the city’s previous administrative services director before he became manager on April 1, has said that he believes his pay is fair.
“It’s fair and it’s consistent with other cities in the area,” said Rogers. “They kept it separate [from Moniz], they surveyed the current market for my experience level and it was the right way to do it.”
Rogers also said that he believes that the scrutiny surrounding his, Moniz’s or any public officials pay is warranted based on the current economic blight covering the state.
“We work in the public arena and we need to be sure that our compensation is fair,” said Rogers. “We’re being good stewards of the public sector that way.”
