The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District Board recently approved a five-year contract with Fire Chief Brian Helmick.
Helmick will earn $15,750 a month ($189,000 a year) for about the next year and a half, and will be eligible for 5 percent raises each July, beginning 2019, contingent upon him receiving satisfactory performance reviews. If the raises are granted, Helmick will earn $229,746 a year at the height of the contract, beginning July 2022.
He had been receiving $11,758.07 a month, plus benefits, since being named interim chief in March.