ROCKFORD — Mike Dunn got a new title and a $33,000 raise Thursday when the Greater Rockford Airport Authority approved a new four-year contract.
Dunn was named executive director of Chicago Rockford International Airport by a 3-0 voice vote. There was no discussion.
His salary: $175,000.
Commissioners Paul Cicero, Ray Wetzel and Tom Myers approved the contract. They are a quorum of the five-member board, which has two vacancies. Chairman Bharat Puri resigned in February, and Cicero said Phil Rubin resigned several weeks ago and plans to move to Florida.
Commissioners Darrin Golden and K. Edward Copeland were absent.
The airport authority will provide group life, health accident and disability insurance, and match up to $8,750 of Dunn’s contributions to a retirement plan. The airport will make all payments under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.
Dunn will get 20 vacation days and an automobile allowance of $1,000 a month. Total compensation will be about $200,000 a year.
“Mike came here with a short-term contract,” Cicero said. “We were confident he would do well and so was he.
“We’ve done a written personnel review of his first year and it was excellent on all accounts. Quite frankly, we want him to stay here.”
Dunn was hired for $142,000 in January 2012 as the director of government affairs and economic development. His contract was for one year and did not include insurance benefits.
His predecessor, Bob O’Brien, made $187,000. O’Brien and the board parted ways in March 2011.
The board did a national search to replace O’Brien, but decided none of the candidates were a good fit. They hired Dunn.
When Dunn was hired, the board said it also planned to hire an operations manager who would report directly to the board chairman. But that won’t happen.
The board also:
Approved a reorganization that puts Dunn in charge of the operations manager and the board chairman. Dunn was the latter from 2004 to 2010.
Appointed new officers: Cicero as chairman, Myers as vice chairman, Wetzel as treasurer and Copeland as secretary.
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