The city's chief information technology director said the Gilroy Managers' Association will clarify its objectives, elect another position and modify its bylaws dating back to the early 1980s throughout the next six weeks.

During the campaign last year, Councilmembers Craig Gartman, Cat Tucker, Bob Dillon and Perry Woodward protested salary increases for high-ranking employees and lambasted the so-called "best of the best" program that calls for top city employees to earn 15 percent more than those they supervise and 10 percent more than comparable positions in nearby cities.

The Gilroy Management Association includes 35 employees who each earn an average if $105,000 a year and who range from the city's budget analyst to its planning division manager.

Chulick said the bargaining bloc is necessary because the department heads who received best-of-the-best pay bumps last April are not in the GMA, and neither are any of the city's 10 highest paid employees.

Only nine of the 35 GMA members received pay hikes on top of their cost of living adjustments last year, Chulick added.

Gilroy Management Association Roster

■ Barbara Voss, Ass. Finance Director - $119,000

■ Carla Ruigh, Operations Services Manager - $117,066

■ Carmen Medrano, Financial Analyst - $74,856

■ Charles Krueger, Senior Civil Engineer - $123,480

■ Clay Bentson, Fire Battalion Chief - $134,012

■ Daniel Farnsworth, Fire/Ems Analyst - $93,587

■ David Chung, Building Plan Check Engineer - $116,577

■ David Chulick, IT Director - $137,892

■ Debbie Moore, Police Captain - $146,125

■ Donald Dey, Senior Civil Engineer - $120,305

■ Dwane Stevens Camp, Sr, Network Administrator - $96,724

■ Edward Bozzo, Fire Battalion Chief - $136,625

■ Frank Comin. Fleet Superintendent - $80,675

■ Irma Navarro, Revenue Officer - $89,544

■ Jacqueline Bretschneider, Fire Marshal - $114,498

■ Joe Kline, Public Information Officer - $92,403

■ John Diego, Web Developer - $78,750

■ Kristi Abrams, Development Center Manager - $135,713

■ Kurt Svardal, Police Captain - $141,074

■ Lisa Jensema, Environmental Program Coordinator - $89,544

■ Maria Del Rosario Deleon, Recreation Manager - $86,520

■ Marilyn Roaf, HCD Grant Coordinator - $89,646

■ Martin Quiroz, Systems Administrator - $93,972

■ Michael Machado, Building Field Services Manager - $100,170

■ Patricia Bentson, Financial Analyst - $74,401

■ Philip King, Fire Battalion Chief - $136,625

■ Phyllis Ward, Police Crime Analyst - $89,544

■ Richard Smelser, City Engineer - $145,260

■ Rickey Brandini, Facilities Superintendent - $87,379

■ Rosemary Guerrero-Chavez, Budget Analyst - $88,261

■ Saeid Vaziry, Senior Environmental Engineer - $122,151

■ Scot Smithee, Police Captain - $134,041

■ Steve Baty, Public Safety Systems Administrator - $88,692

■ William Headley, Facilities & Parks Project Manager - $104,388

■ William Faus, Planning Division Manager - $139,268

Department heads and others not included

■ Lisa Velasco, HR Analyst - $89,544

■ LeeAnn McPhillips, HR Director - $148,645

■ Cindy Murphy, Co-finance Director - $109,192

■ Christina Turner, Co-finance Director - $91,152

■ Susan Andrade-Wax, Community Services Director - $139,554

■ Wendie Rooney, Community Development Director - $164,088

■ Anna Jatczak, Asst. City Administrator - $89,308

■ Tom Haglund, City Administrator - $199,000

■ Shawna Freels, City Clerk - $115,314

■ Denise Turner, Police Chief - $148,632

■ Dale Foster, Fire Chief - $162,407

Source: City of Gilroy