City Manager Employment Agreement 17th AmendmentSEVENTEENTH 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, 2007,
a monthly salary of $ 14,550.55 ($ 174,606.63 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 is 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) an amount equal to ten (10) per
cent of the annual salary in Par. 3, including longevity, on
Employee's behalf on the first payroll of each calendar year 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 six
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 $ 538.64 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.
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4. Par. 21 is amended by adding thereto the following:
21. Employee shall be entitled to six (6) weeks of vacation time per
year beginning July 1, 2007.
5. Par. 22 is amended to read as follows:
22.A11 City holidays and other fringe benefits, including longevity
(which shall be included in Employee's annual salary for purposes
of Par. 5), medical, dental, life, disability, sick leave benefits, and
working conditions which now exist, or hereafter come into
existence and which are accorded City department managers, shall
also apply to Employee. Such benefits are in addition to the
provisions of this Contract.
This Seventeenth Amendment is effective July 1, 2007. City and Employee have
each retained an original hereof.
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
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Roy D. ,` ol, Mayor
EMPLOYEE
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M'chael C. Van Milligen
Attest: ~~i~. ,~~~~~~c,~ ~_,,,/
eanne F. Schneider, City Clerk
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