DDA Director Pollay Gets 5% Raise
Susan Pollay, executive director of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority, was given a 5% raise by the DDA board at its July 2, 2014 meeting. Following a closed session for “a periodic personnel evaluation,” the board emerged after about 15 minutes and voted to increase her salary from $109,119 to $114,570.
The increase, which was recommended by the board’s executive committee, takes effect as of July 1, 2014. Before going into closed session, board member Keith Orr noted that the review was being conducted in closed session at Pollay’s request.
In describing the rational for the raise, Roger Hewitt noted that in 8 of the past 10 years, Pollay received no raise because of the difficult economy. Her position as a … [Full Story]