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City Attorney Kimberly Cilley is set to receive a 6% raise that will increase her annual salary to $354,236, while Livermore has agreed to pay City Manager Marianna Burch an additional $9,000 annually in deferred compensation.
The City Council approved amendments to both employment contracts at its Oct. 27 meeting, along with raises for most executive managers and an upcoming minimum wage increase. The salary changes are estimated to cost the city $191,644Â annually and will go into effect in mid-November for leadership and at the end of December for minimum-wage earners, according to a staff report prepared by Livermore administrative services director Dustin Claussen.
Cilley’s contract amendment adds a clause that also entitles her to the same annual cost-of-living increase as the Livermore Managers Group, which this year is 4%. She received a 2% merit increase on top of that, along with an additional $4,966 annually in deferred compensation and about 56 more hours of annual vacation time, for a total of about 192 hours annually.Â
Burch is also in line for a 4% raise under her pre-existing contract, which entitles her to the same annual cost-of-living increase as the Livermore Managers Group. When that takes effect in mid-November, it will increase her annual salary by about $15,716, to $408,610.
Burch and Cilley’s contract changes follow performance reviews and compensation negotiations held during closed session at the Oct. 12 council meeting.
Burch and Cilley have done an “amazing job,” Councilmember Evan Branning said during the meeting. The city was able to issue a 4% cost-of-living increase to the managers group with merit increases, he said, and “when we do that, it is only fair that we are also giving an increase at the top as well because leadership is important for the city, and we are a well-led, well-managed city.”
Councilmember Steven Dunbar and Mayor John Marchand also voiced their support for the raises, with Marchland saying women captain the city well. By cost comparison, he said, if the city attorney worked in the private sector as the CEO of a business commensurate with the city, she would be earning about $6 million annually.
Branning and Marchand both referred to online chatter expressing concern about the raises for city manager and city attorney, though they didn’t provide further details. Burch’s salary is higher than her counterparts in other Tri-Valley cities; the city manager earns about $383,898 in Dublin, about $343,512 in Pleasanton and about $366,233 in San Ramon. Cilley will also be better paid than nearby counterparts; the city attorney earns $301,905 in Pleasanton and about $319,752 in San Ramon. The salary of Dublin’s city attorney was not available online on the city’s salary plan.
City employees classified as executive management will receive a 4% cost-of-living adjustment. That group includes the assistant city manager, community development director, administrative services director, public works director, innovation and economic development director, library services director, deputy city manager and deputy city manager/city clerk. The increase does not include the police chief.
A minimum wage increase will also go into effect Dec. 28, which raises pay from $16.90 an hour to $17.40 an hour. A total of 56 city employees will receive the increase, according to the staff report.
The City Council also agreed to reclassify the maintenance and golf operations manager to maintenance services manager to reflect the reorganization of the maintenance department.
Most of the cost of the salary increases was included in the city’s operating budget for fiscal year 2026-27, according to the report. The remaining cost will become part of the current budget, but does not require appropriation of any additional funds.
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