After receiving two votes of confidence from the McMinnville Board of Mayor and Aldermen and being sworn in as interim city administrator, Bill Brock will receive an extra $5,771 a year for the added responsibilities.
Finance Committee members Aldermen Ken Smith, chairman, Mike Neal and Ben Newman met Tuesday night to discuss compensation and agreed on a 6.67 percent increase to Brock’s salary. At his current salary of $86,546, the increase brings him up to $92,317.
Officials came to the determination after a lengthy discussion.
 “I do think he needs some compensation for his added work load,” said Neal. “What that number should be, I don’t know exactly. I do believe he needs some additional compensation of some kind.”
Brock was sworn in almost two weeks ago. Newman asked Brock what he felt his increase in responsibilities have been since that time.
 “The work load is getting more and more,” said Brock. “The first week was OK. This week has been a little heavier. A lot of things I could walk away from. Now, I can’t walk away. I have to make the call. It may be taking up about half of my day. It’s difficult to day. Some days there will be nothing. Some days it feels as though it’s taking up your whole day.”
Brock says he has been delegating responsibilities to staff.
“Some things I delegate out,” he said. “I do not do everything myself. I’m a delegator. I do expect these individuals to do it and I will check back and make sure that it is done.”
Mayor Jimmy Haley spent a year as interim city administrator.
“All I know is I did it for a year and sometimes it was sunup to sundown, plus some more time,” said Haley. “Some days it was a light day and some days it’s 12 to 14 hours. It’s taken a huge relief off me knowing I don’t have to deal with it every day.”
Newman suggested a 15 percent salary increase, which would be approximately $13,000 and would have brought Brock up to $99,527.
“What do you think about 15 percent? It would bring him up to $99,000,” said Newman. “That’s kind of in line with what people are making in this type of position. Bill has experience.”
While Haley received nothing for his time on the job, former city administrator David Rutherford’s salary was $116,000 when he resigned.
City recorder Shirley Durham presented officials with the city’s pay scale, which sets the salary of every city employee based on position held and skill level, and asked them to stay within that pay scale.
 “It would be good if you can stay on this scale somewhere,” Durham said.
According to the pay scale, the salary for a city administrator runs from $74,198 to $106,807. For a newly hired administrator, experience would be considered in where the individual should start on the scale – lower for an individual with minimal experience and higher up for an individual with significant experience.
After a huddled discussion between Smith, Newman, Neal, Haley and Durham as they looked over the pay scale, the committee voted unanimously to put Brock at $92,317.
City employees get paid every two weeks. Over the next year, there are 26 pay periods. The salary increase will be approximately $222 per pay period. When the city hires a permanent replacement, the extra compensation will end.