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File Number: 15-089 <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Rich Pio Roda <br />City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: February 17, 2015 <br />City Attorney <br />FINANCE REVIEW: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section: ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: 10.B. <br />TITLE: Staff Report for a Resolution Approving a New Agreement with Mr. Chris <br />Zapata for Employment of City Manager <br />BACKGROUND and ANALYSIS <br />At the direction of the City Council, the City Attorney proceeded to complete negotiations of a <br />draft agreement for the continued employment of Mr. Chris Zapata as the City Manager. The <br />parties agreed to use the current contract, which was executed on January 17, 2012, as the <br />template for the new agreement. Therefore, provided below are only the terms that are <br />materially different from the first agreement: <br />1. Effective Date and Term: January 30, 2015 to January 30, 2020 <br />2. Provision and Use of City equipment to carry out City Manager's duties and functions: <br />The City will provide City Manager, at City's cost and expense and City Manager's sole <br />discretion to use or accept, any and all equipment, including communication devices <br />such as a smartphone and tablet computer, and a vehicle including gasoline and <br />insurance coverage, reasonably necessary for the City Manager to carry out his duties. <br />3. The City Manager must provide the City Council with 180 days written notice before <br />terminating the agreement. <br />4. Effective January 30, 2012 and each year thereafter, the City Manager's annual base <br />salary will be adjusted by the CPI, starting with his current annual base salary of <br />$223,000. <br />5. The City Council acknowledges in the agreement that since January 1, 2013, the City <br />Manager committed to voluntarily contribute $20,000 of his annual base salary to pay <br />$10,000 each to the Police Chief and the Assistant City Manager for the remainder of <br />the terms of their employment agreements, which both terminate on December 31, <br />2017. This created an Effective Base Salary that is paid to the City Manager that is <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 2111/2015 <br />