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Goodyear approves raise for top-paid city attorney

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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