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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
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DATE: September 15, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Agency Negotiating Team (Mayor Hu and Vice Mayor Josey)
SUBJECT:
First Amendment to the City Manager’s Employment Agreement
Prepared by: Sarah Monnastes, Human Resources Director/Risk Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider approving a First Amendment to the Employment Agreement
with City Manager Colleen Tribby following completion of her 2026 Annual Performance
Evaluation and subsequent discussions regarding the terms and conditions of her
employment. The proposed amendment increases the City Manager’s base salary by 6%,
effective June 1, 2026, and establishes Annual Perf ormance Pay of $10,000 per year, subject
to the performance provisions set forth in the Agreement.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the First Amendment to the Employment Agreement Between the City of Dublin and
Colleen Tribby for Employment as City Manager and authorize the Mayor to execute it.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The proposed 6% base salary increase, and $10,000 Annual Performance Pay, result in an
additional annual cost of $31,366.96. Sufficient funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2026-27
Budget to cover these costs. No budget adjustment is necessary.
DESCRIPTION:
On March 3, 2026, the City Council appointed an Agency Negotiating Team consisting of
Mayor Hu and Vice Mayor Josey to meet with the City Manager regarding the terms and
conditions of her employment. Following completion of the City Manager’s 2026 Annual
Performance Evaluation, the Agency Negotiating Team met with the City Manager and
subsequently consulted with the City Council in closed session.
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As a result of those discussions, the Agency Negotiating Team recommends that the City
Council approve the First Amendment to the City Manager’s Employment Agreement
(Attachment 1). The proposed amendment increases the City Manager’s base salary by 6% to
$31,456.77 per month, effective June 1, 2026.
The amendment also establishes Annual Performance Pay of $10,000 . The City Manager will
be eligible to receive the payment following each annual performance evaluation provided the
City Council determines that she sufficiently met the goals and performance objectives
established for the applicable evaluation period. Th e City Council determined that the City
Manager met the applicable performance standard for the 2026 evaluation period; therefore,
the initial $10,000 Annual Performance Pay will be paid within 30 days of the effective date of
the amendment.
The Annual Performance Pay is not intended to constitute CalPERS-reportable compensation,
subject to applicable law and CalPERS determinations.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
None.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
The City Council Agenda was posted.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) First Amendment to the City Manager’s Employment Agreement
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Attachment 1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF DUBLIN
AND
COLLEEN TRIBBY
FOR EMPLOYMENT AS CITY MANAGER
This First Amendment is made and entered into this 15th day of September, 2026
by and between the City of Dublin, California, a municipal corporation and general law
city (the “City”), and Colleen Tribby, an individual (the “City Manager”). The City and the
City Manager are sometimes individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively as
“Parties” in this Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, City and City Manager are parties to an Employment Agreement,
dated September 17, 2024 (the “Agreement”).
WHEREAS, following the 2026 Annual Performance Evaluation of City Manager,
the parties desire to amend the agreement, effective June 1, 2026, to increase the City
Manager’s base salary by six percent (6%), and provide Annual Performance Pay of
$10,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, conditions and
covenants herein contained, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. Section III.A.1(a) of the Agreement is amended to update the monthly
salary to $31,456.77 effective June 1, 2026.
2. Section III.A.2 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
2. Annual Performance Pay
(a) The City Manager shall be eligible for Annual Performance Pay of
$10,000 per year, unless the City Council determines, as part of the annual
performance evaluation described in Section II.D.2 above, that the City Manager has
failed to sufficiently meet the goals and performance objectives established for that
evaluation period.
(b) The Parties acknowledge and agree that Annual Performance Pay
under this section is not intended to constitute “special compensation” as defined in 2
C.C.R. § 571, nor “payrate” as defined in Government Code section 20636 and shall not
be reported to CalPERS as compensation earnable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
City's reporting of compensation to CalPERS shall at all times be governed by
applicable law and CalPERS' determinations, and the City reserves the right to report,
or decline to report, this or any other payment as CalPERS may require.
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(c) The City Council having determined that the City Manager met the
standard described in subsection (a) above for the evaluation period concluding with the
City Manager's 2026 Annual Performance Evaluation, the initial Annual Performance
Pay of $10,000 shall be paid within 30 days of the effective date of this Amendment.
Subsequent Annual Performance Pay shall correspond to each subsequent annual
evaluation period described in Section II.D.2 above.
3. The foregoing amendments shall become effective June 1, 2026.
4. Except as expressly amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment
at Dublin, California, the day and year first above written.
CITY OF DUBLIN
_________________________
Mayor Sherry Hu
CITY MANAGER
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Colleen Tribby
ATTEST:
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Marsha Moore, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John Bakker, City Attorney
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