Michael Beck- the $336,500 man

Pasadena is finalizing its agreement with its incoming city manager and will be paying him a robust $265,000 annual salary. The total benefits of his contract will be $336,500. That's $21,500 more than the city had slated for the position in June's budget.

Meanwhile, former Pasadena city manager Cynthia Kurtz just took a temporary city manager position in Covina, and will make about $154,000 in annual salary (though she may not be there a year). The contract arrangement is only for her to work 30 hours a week, and if she does more, she will make more.

Kurtz made about $235,000 annually when she was city manager of Pasadena, and interim city manager Bernard Melekian makes about $230,000 annually in his role as interim manager (though, of course, he has not worked a full year in position.)

I believe the salary makes Beck the highest paid city-manager in the San Gabriel Valley- according to stories from this paper last year Kurtz was the highest paid at $235,000 and I don't think anybody has garnered that huge a pay raise since.