City Manager Gary Luebbers said the park's ultimate look and amenities won't be determined until after bids come in. Most of the extras the residents seek are listed as possible additions to the park, and bids will present a base price and an item-by-item cost for the extras. The council will then decide just how much it wants to spend.

The money for the park comes from a $400,000 recreation grant from Salt Lake County.

• The council stopped discussion on Luebbers' salary when it became clear there was not unanimous agreement on his yearly 10-percent bonus. That bonus makes the city manager's salary the highest in the state.

The council created it six years ago as a way of increasing the city manager's salary without requiring additional retirement benefits, and it went before the council Tuesday because it is up for renewal. The bonus is classified as an incentive for the city manager to continue working for the city.

But some residents and members of the council believe the high salary is incentive enough. While no council member said he or she wanted to do away with the bonus, Councilwoman Melissa Johnson recommended making the bonus contingent on council-set goals.

Those goals would be spelled out by the council each January and evaluated the following December. If the council found the city manager met those goals, he would receive the bonus.

But City Attorney Roger Cutler said the council should be careful legislating such changes to an employee's contract without negotiating with that employee. Luebbers agreed he would not want to sign such a contract as Johnson spelled it out, especially since it made the bonus contingent on unspecified job requirements.

Instead, he wants to talk with council members in closed meetings, as is typical for personnel negotiations, before the contract is approved by the council in an open meeting.

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