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FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO
CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
The City of Dubuque, Iowa, a municipal corporation (City) and Michael C.
Van Milligen (Employee) hereby amend the December 7, 1992 City Manager
Employment Agreement, as previously amended, as follows:
1. Par. 3 thereof is deleted and the following new paragraph is substituted
in lieu thereof:
3. City agrees to pay Employee for his services, effective July
1, 2004, a monthly salary of $ 12,153.26 ($ 145,839.16
annualized), payable in installments at the same time as
other City employees are paid.
2. Par. 5 thereof is deleted and the following new paragraph substituted in
lieu thereof:
5. Employee will continue to participate in the Iowa Public
Employee Retirement System. City agrees to pay for
Employee's continued participation in the International City
Management Association Retirement Corporation (ICMA-
RC) the sum of $ 14,583.00 on Employee's behalf on the
first day of each calendar year, beginning January 1, 2005
for the succeeding year and to transfer ownership to
succeeding employers upon Employee's resignation or
termination.
Employee intends to purchase past retirement credits from
the Iowa Public Employment Retirement System for
Employee’s first five years of employment. In order to do so,
Employee will borrow the funds required for the purchase.
City agrees to pay Employee until Employee’s borrowing is
fully repaid or Employee terminates his employment with
City whichever first occurs an amount which after
Employee’s deductions for taxes, IPERS, social security,
and Medicare will equal 61% of the annual payment required
for the borrowing by Employee. The amount of funds
required to be borrowed and City’s 61% contribution will be
recalculated annually at the time Employee borrows such
funds.
3. Par. 6 thereof is deleted and the following new paragraph is substituted
in lieu thereof:
6. Employee's duties require that he have the use of an
automobile. City agrees to pay Employee $ 505.27 per
month as an automobile allowance. Also, City agrees to pay
mileage for out-of-county travel. Employee agrees to
responsibility for liability, property damage and
comprehensive insurance and for the purchase, operation,
maintenance, repair and replacement of an automobile.
4. Par. 8 thereof is deleted and the following new paragraph is substituted
in lieu thereof:
8. City agrees to budget and pay the travel and subsistence
expenses of Employee for professional and official travel,
meetings and other functions including but not limited to the
annual meeting of the International City Management
Association, the League of Iowa Municipalities, the National
League of Cities, the Iowa City Management Association,
and their committees on which Employee serves as a
member, the annual Harvard JFK School of Government
alumni refresher course and the annual refresher course at
the Kellog Institute at Northwestern University. Employee is
encouraged to apply for a three-year appointment to the
International City/County Management Association.
5. Par. 21 is amended by adding thereto the following:
Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of vacation time
per year beginning July 1, 2005.
This Fourteenth Amendment is effective July 1, 2005. City and Employee
have each retained an original hereof.
City of Dubuque, Iowa
By_____________________________ _____________________________
Terrance M. Duggan, Mayor Michael C. Van Milligen, Employee
Attest: __________________________
Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk