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KILLINGLY - The Town Council this month revisited its annual evaluation of Town Manager Mary Calorio to include a $3,200 increase to her yearly salary, a jump councilors said she helped earn by her work during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
The council’s unanimous decision to bump Calorio’s salary to $148,262 came approximately three months after she received her first full-year evaluation since starting the job in March 2019.
Calorio met or exceeded expectations in each of the five categories - which included community outreach, relationships with subordinates and general communication skills she was graded in.
But unlike in past years, the council in September did not immediately tie the town manager’s evaluation to a pay raise. Calorio in October 2019 was given a similar evaluation by the previous council after six months on the job. That evaluation recap was conducted in executive session, though Calorio at the time said it produced a “positive review.”