Golden Valley Mayor Roslyn Harmon told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS she supported the hiring of City Manager Noah Schuchman but has always opposed his salary and would like the city council to reconsider it sometime in the future.
A city spokesperson told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that Schuchman was hired at $211,000, but Mayor Harmon said a recent pay raise bumped it to $219,000.
Harmon said that’s much higher than comparable-sized cities such as Robbinsdale, Crystal and New Hope. It’s closer to the salaries of city managers in cities like Minnetonka and St. Louis Park, where compensation ranges from $237,000 to $245,000, with populations twice as large as Golden Valley…