By the same 3-2 vote, the council approved a 5 percent raise in salary for City Manager Kim Kerr. Ulm asked if she had not already received a raise and Kerr affirmed that, saying by contract she received a 3 percent raise in October 2007 to mirror the raises of the Service International Employees Union employees at the city. The 6,200 dollar pay increase raised Kerr’s annual salary to 129,780 dollars. Ard said he considered the raise a reward for the finest city managing in Ione city history. “Ione is well managed and in good shape financially,” Ard said. Bonham agreed, saying that she had been on the council four years and Kerr had accomplished more in one year than the city had accomplished in all of the other three years.