Los Al to Talk 9 Percent Raise For City Staff

Los Alamitos will hold a special meeting on city employee pay and benefits Monday.

Officials are scheduled to vote on new agreements with a handful of staffers that calls for for non-represented employees to pay 8 percent of their retirement benefit costs but also gives them a 9 percent bump in pay. 

The 3-year deal is expected to cost the city between $30,520 and $31,520, official say.

The issue of employee salaries was one of a number of contentious issues at the last meeting. 

The previous City Council voted to approve the new contract, and moments later -- after two council members completed their terms and two new council members were sworn in -- the new City Council reversed the contract decision and voted to postpone the decision. 

Also according to the agenda, officials are scheduled to 

• Discuss the way the city elects its mayor and mayor pro tem
• Decide whether staff should begin the search for a new city attorney.
• Vote whether to appoint the former city clerk as the city clerk again.
• To review the City Manager's performance in closed session

The next official city council meeting takes place at Jan. 22 at 6 p.m.

To read the full agenda, click here.