City managers compensation

Amid the public outcry over Bell salaries, the League of California Cities has just released a survey of the compensation paid to city managers, and 16 of them, including Roderick Wood of Beverly Hills, reported total compensation of more than $300,000.

They included Robert G. Gutierrez, who retired in December as city manager of Moreno Valley and received $459,000 in compensation last year, including $183,000 in accrued leave that was paid off at his departure.

The compensation for some of those surveyed includes fringe benefits like car allowances and accrued leave, and is the amount they reported on tax returns.

Other city managers and their total compensation last year, according to the league survey, included:

-- Stephen H. Williams of Palmdale, $367,518.

-- Herbert Moniz of San Ramon, $359,669.

-- W. Craig Robinson, former city manager of Roseville, $353,000.

-- Shawn Nelson of Temecula, $336,288.

-- Jack Lam of Rancho Cucamonga, $324,582.

-- Bruce Channing of Laguna Hills, $321,550.

-- P. Lamont Ewell, former city manager of Santa Monica, $315,600.

-- Anne Montgomery of Mill Valley, $315,531.

-- Edmund F. Sotelo of Oxnard, $314,000.

-- Joseph Calabrigo of Danville, $310,029.

-- Paul Arevalo of West Hollywood, $309,203.

-- Jennifer Sparacino of Santa Clara, $303,513.

-- Linda Barton of Livermore, $302,472.

-- Gary Luebbers of Sunnyvale, $301,470 (an extra pay period was included)

Covina City Manager Daryl Parrish received $328,830 in compensation last year, but that included a “cash-out” of vacation and sick time from a previous employer.