Ryan Lamb is Cape Coral’s Emergency Management and Resilience Director.
Unlike the City Manager and City Attorney, he is not on a separately negotiated Council contract. He is a department director on the city’s non-bargaining pay plan, so there is no published “total package” contract the way there is for Ilczyszyn or Boksner.
What payroll records show
Calendar year 2024 (News-Press city payroll snapshot):
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Listed salary | $241,800 |
| “Other” pay | $28,193 |
| Combined cash-like pay | about $269,993 |
He had no overtime. “Other” pay can include vehicle/cell allowance, leave payouts, gym reimbursement, leave buy-back, or retroactive pay.
That 2024 figure put him 3rd on the city payroll, behind only the City Manager and City Attorney.
Official pay range for the job
The city’s class spec for Emergency Management and Resilience Director (Pay Grade 51, revised Oct. 11, 2025) lists:
- Minimum: $143,020.80
- Maximum: $228,841.60
His 2024 reported salary ($241,800) is above that posted maximum. That is common when someone is appointed from a higher-paid job (Lamb was previously Fire Chief / Emergency Management Director) and is “red-circled” or paid above the new range, or when the payroll number includes extras that are not base salary.
No later 2025–2026 individual salary figure has been published in the same detail as the Council contracts for the City Manager and City Attorney.
Typical perks for this type of position
As a non-bargaining department director, standard city benefits generally include:
- City-paid employee health coverage (dependents usually at employee cost)
- City-paid life and long-term disability insurance
- Pension (general employees typically contribute; city also contributes)
- Paid holidays and leave
- Possible cell-phone and/or vehicle-related allowances (these often show up in “other” pay)
- Access to the employee health/wellness clinic
There is no public record of a $1,000/month car allowance or $10,000 deferred-comp add-on like the charter officers have.
Bottom line
- Known 2024 cash compensation: about $270,000 ($241,800 + $28,193 other).
- Total employer cost (health, pension, taxes) is higher, but not published as one number.
- He does not have a special Council employment agreement listing extra perks the way the City Manager and City Attorney do.
Sources: News-Press Cape Coral payroll database (2024), OpenGovPay compilation of that data, City of Cape Coral class specification for Emergency Management and Resilience Director (Pay Grade 51).