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Payroll Project: Dayton city manager’s pay climbs despite no performance review for years.
Dayton’s city manager has gone without an annual performance evaluation for three years as her pay has steadily risen, a Dayton Daily News investigation found.
• Compensation: City Manager Shelley Dickstein’s 2024 compensation was $284,232. This is an increase from $264,888 in 2022.
• Pay rate vote: City commission last voted on Dickstein’s pay rate in March 2022, following a 2021 performance review that gave her a rating of 4.2 on a scale from zero to five. She received a rating of 4.7 the year before. Both reviews occurred under former Mayor Nan Whaley.
• Consistent increases: Dayton city officials say Dickstein’s pay raises from 2022 through this year were consistent with annual increases given to all city employees.
• Mayor responds: “More than any other city employee, the city manager’s job performance is under constant public scrutiny,” a statement from Mayor Jeffrey Mims Jr. says. “A commissioner can request a performance appraisal by talking to the mayor or chief of staff.”
• City commissioners respond: “I believe accountability matters,” City Commissioner Shenise Turner-Sloss said. “So everyone should be held accountable whether they are elected or not, everyone should be held to performance evaluations and metrics overall.”
Public Salaries: Searchable database available from our Payroll Project
• About the Payroll Project: Using Ohio public records laws or other available resources, the Dayton Daily News has acquired payroll data for area counties, cities, townships and public colleges and universities.
• About our database: We have created a searchable tool that includes employees from area governments who made at least $50,000 in gross pay. Data varies based on how information was kept or provided by various jurisdictions.
• Payroll Project: Dayton’s highest paid employees in 2024
• Payroll Project: Kettering’s highest paid employees in 2024
• Payroll Project: Beavercreek’s highest paid employees in 2024
• Payroll Project: Dayton’s highest paid employees in 2023
• Go here for a searchable database of state and local government pay across our region.