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SWIMMING TO STATE: Four Spartans qualify for 3A meet. A16
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 | Vol. 112, No. 39 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
Bainbridge agrees to $150K contract for new manager
HOMECOMING: SPARTANS START SPIRIT WEEK IN STYLE BY BRIAN KELLY Bainbridge Island Review
David Kimmerlein really stood out from the crowd at Bainbridge High on Tuesday. Decked out in a Baltimore Orioles ball cap, a blue T-shirt worn by sailors on the mess deck of the USS Canisteo (a Navy oiler sent as scrap to the United Kingdom almost a decade ago), a pair of long shorts draped to his knees, and a nearly neon pair of blueand-yellow-striped baseball stirrups socks, Kimmerlein said the explanation for his ensemble was easy. SEE HOMECOMING, A4
BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
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Arie Thompson vamps in a jacket found by his mom on the street in Colorado during Dress Like Your Parents Day.
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It’s “Game on!” for Katherine Pecora, Kate Kinney and Charlotte Furner, who are decked out for Pajama Day and ready for badmitton during the first day of Homecoming.
After playing the field, and a brief courtship, the city council has made it official. Douglas Schulze is the next city manager of Bainbridge Island. “I am humbled and honored to have been selected by the city council to serve as Doug Schulze the next Bainbridge Island city manager,” Schulze said after the approval. “My wife and I look forward to becoming active members of such a fantastic community.” By unanimous vote — 6-0 with Councilman Bob Scales absent — a three-year contract for Schulze was approved by the council on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Before the vote was taken, Mayor Debbi Lester reiterated the council’s confidence in their choice of Schulze, and his qualifications. “Doug Schulze was previously the vice president of the Washington City/County Management Association, and recently he was elected president,” Lester said. “This tells me he is highly
regarded by his peers and will have an excellent group of colleagues and resources to turn to.” The city of Bainbridge Island will pay its new city manager a salary of $150,000 a year, according to his contract. Schulze will also be paid up to $10,000 in moving expenses and will begin working on Nov. 5. The city will provide repayment of “reasonable travel, meal and lodging expenses” for up to two trips of five days or less for each trip by Schulze and his wife to Bainbridge to find housing. His new salary is a move up for Schulze. In 2006 he was hired to his previous position as city manager of Normandy Park at $106,000 a year. Just one year later in 2007, he received a pay bump up to $113,400 per year with a $300 monthly allowance for automobile expenses. Schulze will also receive other benefits in the contract such as eligibility for cost of living adjustments, use of city-owned vehicles, and a smart phone. He will be reimbursed for any business use of his personal vehicle. He will receive 10 days of vacation at the start of his employment and can accrue up to 40 days of vacation annually. He will also be able SEE CONTRACT, A28