S. Tahoe council defers city manager review

The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday continued the review of City Manager Nancy Kerry to the Oct. 1 special meeting.

At that meeting the 2014-15 budget will be voted on, as will contracts with multiple employee groups.

Nancy Kerry

“She wants employees to come first,” Mayor Hal Cole told Lake Tahoe News after the Sept. 16 meeting.

“Least and last” is Kerry’s approach when it comes to any adjustments to her contract. In other words, she wants as many of the employee contracts to be finalized before the council offers her a raise.

In the past, Kerry turned down the one time 2 percent increase that was like a bonus for all staff. She also said no to what should have been an automatic 5 percent step increase.

She is also the first city manager in decades who has not taken a car allowance.

“We are going to offer her a package that includes some additional compensation,” Cole said.

Details will be released once the council votes on it next month.

The other key item discussed in closed session on Sept. 16 involved the property the city owns at the corner of Ski Run Boulevard and Highway 50. Cole and Councilwoman Brooke Laine will be meeting with each of the entities who submitted a letter of intent to develop the site. They are going to develop a format be able ferret out the best proposal.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report