Council to Vote on Retiring City Manager

Although Burlingame City Manager Jim Nantell technically retired Dec. 31, 2011, don’t be surprised by continuing to see him around City Hall. At their meeting Tuesday, City Council members will vote on a contract with Nantell keeping him on as City Manager on an hourly basis through 2012 while he finishes important projects and city officials recruit a new City Manager.

With so many projects and initiatives, such as labor negotiations with City labor organizations, downtown Burlingame Avenue streetscape improvements, expanding the Central County Fire Department to include Millbrae and San Bruno and the development of downtown parking lots, council members urged Nantell to stay on for another year.

Under the proposed contract, Nantell would be paid $85 per hour, with a maximum of 40 hours worked in a week for up to 960 hours in a year. He will have 80 hours of administrative leave, but no paid vacation beyond that. He will still have access to a city vehicle.

This contract reduces the City Manager hourly rate by 21 percent, which, along with savings from benefits, will save the City $100,00 in the next year.

Nantell has worked with as the City Manager of Burlingame for 11 years and has spent 40 years in the public sector.

For a full agenda of Tuesday’s meeting, click here.

The City Council meets in Council Chambers at 501 Primrose Road at 7 p.m.