2023-08-29 Salary Commission MinutesSALARY COMMISSION
City of Edmonds
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
City Hall, Brackett Room
121 5th Avenue North
Edmonds Washington, 98020
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Present: Kathy Ehrlich (Position 1)
Gary Holton (Position 2)
Angela Zhang (Position 3)
Bill Taylor (Position 4)
Brook Roberts (Position 5)
Shannon Drohman, Compensation Connections
Allison Lee, Compensation Connections
Kathy, Compensation Connections
1. Call to Order
Bill Taylor called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM
2. Approval of Agenda
Agenda approved unanimously.
3. Approval of August 9, 2023, meeting minutes
Minutes approved unanimously.
4. Email Usage
Bill Taylor reminded everyone to use city provided email for salary commission business.
S. Consultant progress report
Consultants provided updated data from 16 comparable cities, data from MIT, and other
jurisdictions beyond cities including counties, library district, and ports.
6. Results of interviews with Council Members and Mayor
Each council member and mayor were interviewed by two members of the salary commission.
Results of the interviews were discussed and considered by the salary commission. Important
talking points included understanding more clearly how much time council members work per
week.
7. DEI Considerations
Part of the interviews with council members and mayor included asking each person what the
salary commission should be considering in terms of DEI. The salary commissioners discussed
results and ideas on how to incorporate when making salary commission recommendations. An
important point was making sure that compensation would attract more diverse candidates for
city council.
8. Other items
Mr. Taylor discussed ideas on encouraging more public input as the salary commission does
their work.
Salary commissioners believe they have enough data for deliberation to begin at the next
meeting on 8/30.
Salary commissioners will reach out to local business groups to extend their reach to more
citizens.
9. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.