92-0311 Employment Contract City Manager Larry Rice COVERSHEET
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92-0311 Employment Contract City Manager Larry Rice
AMENDED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest and serves the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of
Elgin, Illinois, to employ Larry L. Rice as City Manager upon
such terms and conditions as will promote his continuous
productivity and efficiency, provide him with reasonable
employment and financial security, and set forth a fair,
equitable, and orderly means for continuation of such
employment, and in consideration of the mutual covenants
contained herein, the City of Elgin, a municipal corporation,
and Larry L. Rice, agree as follows :
1 . Larry L. Rice shall serve as City Manager of the
City of Elgin for an indefinite term and shall carry out to
the best of his ability all the duties imposed upon him as
City Manager by the statutes of the State of Illinois and the
ordinances of the City of Elgin, including the following:
a. To enforce the laws and ordinances within
the City of Elgin;
b. To appoint and remove all directors or
departments upon no basis other than that of merit and
fitness;
C. To exercise control of all departments and
divisions thereof;
d. To attend all meetings of the City Council
with the right to take part in the discussions, but with
no right to vote;
e. To recommend to the City Council for
adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or
expedient;
f . To perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by statute or may be required of him by
ordinance or resolution of the City Council .
2 . Rice shall commence employment on October 16,
1989, and his salary shall initiate at an annual rate of
$80,200. The Council shall consider a merit adjustment to his
salary after six months, and on January 1st of each year
thereafter. Rice' s salary shall be at an annual rate of
$93, 156 commencing January 1, 1992 .
3 . The City agrees to pay organizational
memberships necessary and desirable for the performance of the
duties of the office of City Manager, and expenses of a
generally job-affiliated nature incurred by Rice in the
conduct of City business, including professional conferences
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and meetings, and including the 1989 ICMA Conference in Des
Moines .
4 . The City shall pay for an individual, portable
term life insurance policy for Rice in the amount of his
annual salary.
5 . The City shall, in addition to IMRF, provide for
and contribute an amount equal to 8 . 7% of Rice' s salary toward
his ICMA-RC 457 deferred compensation program.
6 . The City shall either provide Rice with the use
and enjoyment of a personal passenger automobile, or pay to
Rice $350 per month for an automobile allowance, it being the
intent of both parties if the allowance is paid that he will
provide his own transportation within the Elgin area.
7 . The City shall pay expenses for Rice and his
wife to make one visit to Elgin to seek housing. The City
shall pay all expenses associated with moving Rice and his
family and furniture, household goods, and personal
possessions to Elgin, including travel expenses .
8 . At such time as Rice commences employment as
City Manager of Elgin, if he maintains residences in both
Elgin and Lakewood, Colorado, the City shall pay to him $600
per month through and including June, 1991 in order to
maintain two residences .
9 . City shall pass such resolution as may be
necessary to permit Rice to convert eligible out-of-state
prior service retirement credits to the Illinois Municipal
Retirement Fund.
10. Upon termination from the Office of City
Manager, Rice shall receive compensation for all accrued sick
leave benefits as provided by ordinance, and for all accrued
and unused annual leave without limitation by city
ordinances . Rice shall have an initial earned credit of ten
days vacation, and accrue vacation benefits at the rate of
four (4 ) weeks per year. Rice may also in his discretion
during his employment convert annual leave to cash payments .
11 . In the event the City of Elgin terminates Rice ' s
employment as City Manager, the City shall continue his salary
and all benefits then in effect for a period of six months as
a severance benefit. Such benefit shall be extended by an
additional one months salary for each full year of employment
to a maximum of six years . Such severance benefit shall be
payable regardless of whether he obtains other employment.
12 . Rice may engage in such activities as teaching,
writing, and professional consultation, provided such
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activities are accomplished upon his own time and do not
conflict with his duties and responsibilities as City Manager.
13 . In addition to the terms and provisions set
forth above, Rice shall be entitled to all other benefits and
privileges afforded to Class A management level employees
under applicable ordinances of the City of Elgin.
14 . That this amended agreement shall supersede and
replace the agreement between the parties dated September 14,
1989 .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Elgin has caused
this amended agreement to be executed by its Mayor and duly
attested by its City Clerk, Larry L. Rice has executed this
agreement, and it shall be in full force and effect upon its
execution.
DATED this day of March, 1992 .
CITY OF ELGIN
By
George V,a DeVoorde, Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
L Rice
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