Former Sacramento City Manager Ray Kerridge will earn $237,300 as city manager of Roseville. He also will earn $21,357 in deferred compensation.

His contract was approved by the Roseville City Council at a May 19 meeting.

“He brings with him a lot of experience that we all feel the city of Roseville can utilize as we go into our future,” Roseville Mayor Gina Garbolino said.

Kerridge, who earned $215,000 as Sacramento’s city manager, will start work in Roseville on June 17.

The city will save $65,000 with Kerridge’s contract in comparison to that of former City Manager Craig Robinson, Garbolino said.

Kerridge said in an interview earlier this month that he was recruited for the Roseville city manager position and applied in January. He resigned his Sacramento post in March.

After resigning from the Sacramento job, Kerridge said he had accepted a private sector position, about which he declined to provide details.

Kerridge said that Roseville's staff, City Council, business community and neighborhoods are a partnership. If a city is going to move forward, he said, “everyone needs to be pulling in the same direction.”

Kerridge was Sacramento's city manager during recent scandals in the Utilities and Community Development departments. 

Photo courtesy of the city of Roseville.

Kathleen Haley is a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.