Salary Commission Minutes - DRAFT 09/10/19(PDF, 58KB)
Salary Commission Minutes - Approved 09/06/2018(PDF, 98KB)
Salary Commission Minutes - DRAFT 09/06/2018(PDF, 194KB)
Salary Commission Minutes - 09/21/2017(PDF, 60KB) 
Salary Commission Minutes - 02/16/2017(PDF, 33KB)  
Salary Commission Minutes 09/15/2016(PDF, 23KB) 
Salary Commission Draft Minutes - 09/29/15(PDF, 31KB) 
Salary Commission Minutes - 08/19/14(PDF, 22KB)
Salary Commission Minutes - 08/27/13(PDF, 176KB) 
Minutes(PDF, 18KB) - 11/29/12
Minutes(PDF, 89KB) + Attachments(PDF, 398KB) - 10/23/12
Minutes(PDF, 25KB) + Attachments(PDF, 167KB) - 9/27/12
Minutes(PDF, 40KB) - 09/27/11
Minutes(PDF, 30KB) - 09/28/10
Minutes(PDF, 29KB) - 08/24/10
Minutes(PDF, 28KB) – 09/29/09
Minutes(PDF, 52KB) – 08/26/08
Minutes(PDF, 31KB) – 09/11/07
Minutes(PDF, 151KB) - 01/24/06
Minutes(PDF, 2MB) – 12/8/05

Pete Merz

Pete Merz joined the Salary Commission in June 2020.  A resident of Kirkland since 1998, Pete is grateful to have the opportunity to serve the City of Kirkland to promote transparency and help ensure our compensation structure for the city’s leadership is fair, competitive, and continues to attract the outstanding talent our city has benefited from over the years. Pete’s background is in corporate finance and includes employment with IBM Corporation for over 40 years.  During that career Pete have served in a variety of geography and subsidiary managerial and executive CFO roles, including 14 years assigned overseas in Asia.  Pete hopes to use that experience to serve and provide value to this wonderful community that he feels fortunate to raise his family in.  Pete’s schooling includes graduating with a B.S. in Business in 1980 from SUNY Fredonia and in 1983 receiving an MBA from Pace University in NYC.  During Pete’s free time he’s involved with Scouts, BSA and gets his whistle out as a soccer referee covering both high school and club soccer programs in King County.

David Edwards

As a life-long resident of Finn Hill, it is an honor to serve as a member of the Salary Commission in order to help ensure that the process is as efficient and transparent as possible. I recently received my Juris Doctor degree from Seattle University School of Law and have worked for multiple government and non-profit organizations.  Before law school, I graduated from the University of Washington Bothell with a B.A. in Law, Economics, and Public Policy. In my free time I enjoy finding different ways to get involved in the community, such as currently serving Evergreen Health as a Community Advisor.

Sara Oppler

I am an experienced Human Resources professional who has primarily worked in the non-profit sector.  Currently I am the Business Operations Director for a small local non-profit.  After graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science I lived in Montana and South Africa before returning to my home state of Washington.  I enjoy using my knowledge and skills to benefit the community where I live and raise my family.