Letter from Councillor Simmons the City Manager's Contract extension

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL E. Denise Simmons Mayor City Councillor 2008-2009 2016-2017 September 10, 2020 Mr. Anthony Wilson Clerk of Cambridge Cambridge City Hall Re: Memo Re City Manager’s Contract Dear Mr. Wilson: I am submitting this letter for inclusion on the September 14, 2020 City Council meeting agenda. In my role as Chair of the Government Rules and Operations Committee, I have been authorized by the committee to hold direct conversations with City Manager Louis A. DePasquale to discuss the possibility of extending his contract with the City. These discussions having taken place, I am now moving to make the following recommendation to the City Council: I propose that the City Council offer to extend the City Manager’s contract to Mr. DePasquale for a period of 18 months, with a 2.5 percent cost of living adjustment at signing. The contract would begin on January 9, 2021 and would run through July 5, 2022. I thank my colleagues for their attention to and consideration of this matter. Sincerely, __________________________ City Councilor E. Denise Simmons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139 [phone removed] FAX: [phone removed] TTY/TDD: [phone removed] EMAIL: dsimmons@cambridgema.gov