HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Memorandum-Julie BruCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Commission ® w
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FROM: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney
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DATE: April 22, 2008 : V�
RE: Proposed Resolution for City Commission Meeting — April 24, 200800
Compensation Package for City Attorney, Julie O. Bru. t_lJ
In an effort to address the anticipated budget concerns for the City of Miami and
acknowledging and anticipating the fiscal challenges that we, as a city will face this
Fiscal Year, I propose my compensation, as City Attorney, to be less than the
compensation of the last previous City Attorney, Jorge L. Fernandez. I offer this
knowing that historically, the past practice and custom of the City Commission has been
that the City Attorney's salary and benefits never have been less than that of any prior
City Attorney.
The proposed compensation is also considerably less than that of the Miami -Dade
County Attorney, whose base salary is $290,732 and which office has at least sixteen
Assistant County Attorneys earning more than $240,000.
The prior City Attorney's salary at the time of his resignation was $257,231, with
a $10,000 expense account. I propose my salary to be $240,000. I have excluded, and
the resolution does not contain, an expense account; which, notably is presently
provided at $10,000 to all other appointed officials.
In this compensation resolution, I am proposing the following salary and benefits
that are also less than the previous City Attorney's insofar as salary, car allowance, cell
phone allowance, and vacation time:
• Base Salary requested: $240,000 is $17,231 less than previous City Attorney.
• Car Allowance is $200 less than previous City Attorney and the same as the City
approved for the City Attorney prior to Mr. Fernandez, and the same as is
currently approved for the City Clerk, and the Auditor General.
• Cellular phone is $200 less than previous City Attorney.
• Vacation is (7 days) less than prior City Attorney, City Clerk and Auditor
General.
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