HUNTINGTON BEACH : City Administrator to Get 11% Pay Raise

City Administrator Michael T. Uberuaga will receive an 11% salary increase starting in February, the City Council decided Monday.

The raise was approved by a 4-3 vote and will put Uberuaga’s salary at $142,457.

Councilman Ralph Bauer said Uberuaga has “done a fine job and I think he’s saved us some money.”

But Councilman David Sullivan said he could not vote for the raise.

“There are a lot of people who have done good jobs during this recession and they haven’t gotten increases,” he said. Mayor Linda Moulton-Patterson and Councilman Jim Silva also voted against the raise.

Uberuaga began as city administrator four years ago and has not received a pay raise since 1991. The 11% raise would equal the increases that other city department heads have received since 1991, Uberuaga said.