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Laguna Beach City Council members are set to approve a five percent salary increase for city manager John Pietig.

Pietig, who was appointed in 2010, will bring home $220,668.84 in annual salary this year, according to his employment contract.

Pietig received a five percent increase last year. Tuesday’s proposal would give him a five percent salary increase starting February, as well as another five percent in January 2016. It would also extend his contract until the year 2020.

Read the full staff report here.

Thy is a reporter covering the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Westminster as well as transportation issues and the courts. She’s the daughter of two Vietnamese refugees and grew up in Anaheim and...