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CityCouncil | 2010-09-07 | 11 | advise Council on the matter; a thirty-one page proposed ordinance will be presented this Saturday; that she would like to get policy direction from the community as well. Mayor Johnson stated that the City should get the documents from the Museum. Speaker: Jeff Mitchell, Alameda. (10-420) Executive Management Compensation: Form and Process The Interim City Manager gave a brief presentation. Mayor Johnson inquired whether each individual Department Head contract would come to Council. The Interim City Manager responded the form would not be a contract but would be more of a traditional Memorandum of Understanding (MOU); stated contracts are not used as much as before. Mayor Johnson inquired whether the [Executive Management] MOU would be binding on the City; stated offer letters are not contracts and are not binding on the City; City Managers have abused some things in offer letters; contracts need to be approved by Council; that she is glad that the Interim City Manager is bringing the matter to Council because the proposed form would prevent abuse by City Managers and circumvention of Council authority; inquired whether the [Executive Management] MOU would be binding on the City. The Interim City Manager responded the [Executive Management] MOU would be just like other bargaining units' MOUs and would be binding; stated the [Executive Management] MOU would be similar to other MOUs. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether the [Executive Management] MOU would be brought back to Council for approval, to which the Interim City Manager responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Matarrese stated that he would like to have other options come back to Council as an agenda item so that Council would be able to discuss the pros and cons of a contract versus an [Executive Management] MOU and provide direction. The Interim City Manager stated three types have been discussed: an offer letter, a contract, or a [Executive Management] MOU. Mayor Johnson stated that she does not like the idea of claiming that an offer letter could be binding on the City. Councilmember Gilmore stated the Interim City Manager and Department Heads would create a document that would be applicable across the departments; the [Executive Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 11 September 7, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-09-07.pdf |