Bell, Ca city manager's total compensation was 1.5 million a year

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Rizzo's compensation totaled $1.5 million a year, Bell records show
August 7, 2010 | 3:03 pm


Former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, whose $787,000 salary prompted widespread outrage, received an unusually large package of benefits that increased his annual compensation to more than $1.5 million, according to city records reviewed by The Times.

Rizzo's benefits package -- which covers time off as well as retirement, medical and other types of insurance -- shows he was paid for time off that amounted to more than 20 weeks per year.

Bell's new interim city attorney said Saturday that Rizzo’s compensation package raised serious questions and that the city planned to investigate who approved the perks and whether they were legal.

“It appears Rizzo was getting an inordinate amount of hours of vacation and sick benefits and being paid for it,” said Jamie Casso of the law firm Meyers Nave. “We’re looking to see when it was approved, whether it was approved at a City Council meeting and who approved it.”

Compensation experts said Rizzo’s compensation was far above the norm.

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[Canuckistanian]

1. Aren't City Council meetings public?

How did this guy get away with a CEO-level salary with nobody paying attention?

[jemsan]

2. When will this guy be in jail?

[n2doc]

3. I suspect several are going to be indicted

They also hung a 35 million dollar debt on the city in a bad real estate deal. Bell is really screwed.

[mod mom]

4. Let's hope some it it will be forced to be returned to the town.

[oldlib]

5. There are millions of City Governments

across this country that are shaking in their boots. Bell can't be the only corrupt city government in this country, and with exposure they will be caught.

[mike r]

6. All government salaries should be published on the web - like this (example from Texas):

http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee-salaries/

Every government employee is searchable by name.