Goodyear approves raise for top-paid city attorney

By Madeline Ackley Salazar
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Editor's note: This story was edited 06/29/22 at 1:30 p.m. for the spelling of the names of Councilmember Bill Stipp and City Manager Julie Karins.

Goodyear's longtime city attorney and one of the city’s highest-paid employees is getting a pay raise. 

Goodyear City Council voted unanimously to increase City Attorney Roric Massey’s pay by 7.5% “in accordance with a pay raise given to all the city employees in this next fiscal year,” Councilmember Bill Stipp said at a special meeting on Monday.

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Massey has been with the city since 2001 and takes home $223,853 a year, before his bump in pay, which has been increased to a little over $240,641 annually. 

He’s the second-top paid Goodyear employee after City Manager Julie Karins, who makes $243,153, according to data compiled by the Independent ranking city worker pay across Valley cities. 

In 2021, Massey was the 17th highest-paid city employee in the entire Valley. 

A city attorney provides legal counsel to the mayor and city council, city manager and other employees and departments within the city. 

Goodyear council members met on June 27 to discuss Massey’s pay in a closed-door meeting. They emerged after about 45 minutes to unanimously approve the pay increase. 

Residents interested in viewing or attending Goodyear City Council meetings can find calendars, minutes and agendas by clicking here. All public meetings are streamed and posted on the city’s official Facebook page, YouTube and on their website. 

Madeline Ackley Salazar can be reached at mackley@iniusa.org or found on Twitter @Mkayackley.