New Collegedale City Manager Wayon Hines was approved on Monday to be paid $132,488 annually to take on not just the role of city manager, but to continue in his previous role as city engineer.
Mayor Katie Lamb and City Commissioner Phil Garver expressed concerns about Hines juggling the two positions, but the compensation package was approved in a 4-1 vote.
Before being selected as the city’s next manager in May, Hines had served as city engineer since 2016. He said at Monday’s meeting that continuing the additional job would prevent the city from having to look for someone new and add more value for the citizens.
“It almost sounds to me like you’ve decided this is really kind of like two part-time jobs,” said Garver, the only commissioner to vote against the measure. “I have no doubt they’ll go fine, but I really think that it would be nice for me to see you put everything into the one thing, even though I know your passion has been engineering, and I appreciate that.”
Lamb expressed similar sentiments, but ultimately voted yes, saying that officials can see how it goes. She also said that Hines said in his time serving as both city engineer and interim city manager since March, about 60% of his time was dedicated to the manager position and 40% to being the engineer.