City manager gets six-year contract
Tue, 2016-04-12 21:50
News Staff
By G. Romero Wendorf
A six-year contract for a city manager? It’s unheard of in the grand scheme of things, according to sources The Advance spoke to who work high up in the food chain for a number of Valley municipalities.
And yet, late last month, that’s what Mission’s CM, Martin Garza, was handed: a sixyear guaranteed contract that included a bump in pay: from $186,500 to $225,000. Meaning, if the makeup of the city commission changes in the next six years and decides it wants a new leader at the helm, the city must pay Garza the full extent of his contract. Unlike standard employment contracts for top professionals, this one contains no severance buy-out clause for termination without cause.