COUNCIL CONSIDERS PAYING

$123,620 TO HUNGERFORD

ONEONTA – When it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Common Council will consider a motion to give Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford a stipend that will raise her interim pay level higher than either of the city’s first two city managers.

According to the agenda released this afternoon, the motion is for a stipend of $39,074.  That is in addition to her finance director salary of $79,546, plus $5,000 extra she received after charter revision designated her acting city manager when the regular city manager is away.

That’s a total of $123,620, more than the $115,000 the first city manager, Mike Long, was making when he retired in the spring of 2014, and more than the $110,000 the second city, Martin Murphy, was making when he resigned in July.

The stipend will be pro-rated so, if the stipend is approved, Hungerford will receive $13,025 between now and the end of the year.

REVIEW COMMON COUNCIL AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 1