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It took less than 24 hours, but Marco Island City Manager Bill Moss has a new contract.

Moss came to terms with Naples leaders Wednesday afternoon, less than a day after Naples City Council members voted 6-1 to hire Moss for the newly vacated Naples city manager position. Councilman Bill Willkomm cast the dissenting vote.

The tentative contract hasn’t yet been approved by the City Council, but Mayor Bill Barnett, who negotiated the contract, said the council was aware of the terms.

“It’s very fair,” Barnett said. “It’s a good contract for both (Naples) and for Bill. He’s happy, council’s happy.”

GREG KAHN / Daily News

Candidate Bill Moss, right, is congratulated by another finalist, Linda Tucker, left, as a third, Pat Salerno, center, looks on after Moss was notified the city council voted him to be the new Naples city manager on Tuesday during an afternoon meeting.

If approved, Moss would make $177,000 a year as city manager. Moss currently makes $161,000 a year in the same position in Marco.

Former City Manager Bob Lee made $154,000 a year. Lee, whose last day was Friday, resigned in July to pursue a teaching position at the Askew School for Public Administration at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

In addition to his salary, the city has agreed to pay an additional 38 percent of Moss’ annual salary “in lieu of, and as an alternative to, any and all benefits relating to deferred compensation, health and dental insurance, disability insurance and retirement contributions.”

Moss said the benefit package is similar to his package on Marco and that the contract allows him to just pay for the insurance he needs.

Naples Human Resources Director Denise Perez said Moss’ benefit package is one of only a few deviations from Lee’s contract.

“It’s almost identical,” she said.

The city also agreed to set up a 401(a) retirement plan for Moss.

The program allows employees to contribute 3 percent of their salary to the fund, while the city contributes 7 percent. Perez said the 401(a) retirement plan is the same plan department heads have the ability to enroll in.

Other perks for Moss include a $500-a-month car allowance and a $100-a-month cell phone allowance.

Under the Naples contract, Moss is entitled to 34 personal days, a total of 274 hours, each year and can accumulate up to a maximum of 520 hours.

Perez said negotiations for top positions, like city manager, often move quickly because job candidates come prepared.

“They already know what the former manager had, and if they’re comfortable with that, then I think it can go pretty quickly,” she said. “Dr. Lee’s (negotiations) went quickly as well.”

Moss said he was pleased to see the contract negotiation phase behind him.

“I was hoping it would go quickly, but I wasn’t sure,” he said. “The mayor’s a tough negotiator. I certainly made some concessions. But I couldn’t be happier.”

Moss said he didn’t feel comfortable discussing the concessions he made.

One provision was absent from the contract, though. The contract doesn’t specify a start date.

Moss’ Marco Island contract says he has to give 75 days’ notice, but Moss has indicated he will be able to work out an agreement that would allow him to split time between Naples and Marco Island.

The Naples City Council is scheduled to approve the contract during its Nov. 7 meeting.