Employment Agreement - 1st Amendment
First Amendment
to
City Manager Employment Agreement
Introduction
This First Amendment to City Manager Employment Agreement ("First Amendment"),
made and entered into this 18th day of December, 2006, by and between the City of
Salina, Kansas, a municipal corporation, (hereinafter called "Employer") and Jason A.
Gage (hereinafter called "Employee"), by which the parties amend the specified
subsections of City Manager Employment Agreement between the parties dated April
18, 2005 (the "Agreement"), effective as of Employee's first anniversary date of July 16,
2006, as follows:
Section 4: Health, Disability and Life Insurance Benefits
B. Life Insurance: Employer agrees to provide the Employer's group term life insurance
policy to the Employee upon the same basis as all other employees of the Employer
and to pay the premiums thereon. Employer also agrees to fund the cost necessary to
provide Employee with an additional term life insurance policy with a policy amount of
$1,000,000 (the ''Term Policy"). Employee agrees to procure the Term Policy for a
competitive premium. In order to approximately reimburse Employee for the cost of the
Term Policy as an income-taxable benefit, Employer agrees to reimburse Employee at
the rate of 135% of the actual premium cost.
Section 5: Vacation, Sick, and Military Leave
A. Vacation: Employee shall annually accrue in full as of Employee's anniversary date
(July 16th), and have credited to his personal account, paid vacation leave of twenty
(20) days. Employee's accrued vacation leave permitted to be carried into any future
year shall be limited to ten (10) days.
Section 7: Retirement
A. Kansas Public Emplovers Retirement System (KPERS): The Employer participates
in KPERS. The Employee has qualified for participation under KPERS. Employer
agrees to pay on behalf of Employee all KPERS determined costs for purchase of
Employee's eligible prior in-state and out-of-state service of eighteen (18) quarters in a
single, lump-sum payment. Upon retirement or other separation from employment, any
KPERS required payments for remaining in-state or out-of-state service credit shall be
the responsibility of Employee.
B. ICMA-RC: In addition to the Employer's payment to KPERS referenced above,
Employer agrees to execute all necessary agreements provided by ICMA Retirement
Corporation (ICMA-RC) for Employee's participation in said supplementary retirement
plan and, in addition to the base salary paid by the Employer to Employee, Employer
agrees to pay an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of Employee's base salary into the
designated plan on the Employee's behalf, in equal proportionate amount each pay
period.
Incorporation and Ratification: The amendments set forth above are made pursuant to
Section 18 of the Agreement and are incorporated and made a part of the Agreement.
The Agreement is ratified as amended by this First Amendment.
Bindinq Effect: This First Amendment shall be binding on the Employer and the
Employee as well as their heirs, assigns, executors, personal representatives and
successors in interest.
EXECUTED by the duly authorized representatives of the parties on the day and year
first stated above.
CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS
By:
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Donnie D. Marrs, Mayor
ATTEST:
By:
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Lieu Ann Elsey, City Clerk (CMC)
JASON A. GAGE
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J . on A. Gage
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