Vicki Boschert

On Thursday night, the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance raising Acting City Administrator Vicki Boschert’s salary by 10 percent.

BLOGPOST FROM AUG. 27:

O’Fallon city officials are considering a bill to give Acting City Administrator Vicki Boschert a 10 percent pay raise to compensate her for taking on duties vacated by former City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr.

The increase would pay her for working as both city finance director and acting city administrator. Boschert became acting city administrator after Lowery resigned in late June. Lowery’s gross salary was about $141,000, and his payout for resigning was estimated at upwards of $176,000. You can read Lowery’s separation agreement here.

Records show Boschert’s gross 2009 salary is $104,332. The proposed pay raise would increase her gross yearly salary to $114,765. Boschert would receive retroactive pay to the beginning of July when she took over Lowery’s duties, and she would continue getting the higher salary until a new city administrator is chosen.

The city’s search for a new city administrator continues.