When James Reyes takes the top job in Miami under the city’s new mayor, he’ll be making much more than he did when the two worked together in Miami-Dade County government.
Reyes, the county’s chief of public safety, is on track to earn $475,000 a year as Miami city manager, according to an offer letter from Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins that was released Tuesday.
That’s less than the $525,000 that Miami pays its current manager, Art Noriega, who took the job in 2020, according to city payroll records. But the compensation package should put Reyes at the top of the pay scale for municipal administrators across Miami-Dade. Earlier this year, research by the Miami New Times had Noriega as the county’s best-paid city administrator, with Miami Beach City Manager Eric Carpenter in second place with compensation of $375,000…