Hamilton City Council chief executive Richard Briggs now earns $440,000 and his contract has been extended to October 2021.

The Hamilton City Council boss has got a pay rise which takes his annual salary to $440,000.

Richard Briggs has been chief executive since 2014, when he stepped up from his chief financial officer position.

Councillors approved his pay rise - and the extension of his contract to October 2021 - after a public council meeting on Thursday.

This was a majority decision, a council statement said.

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It was part of a scheduled review of the chief executive's role, Mayor Andrew King said, and confirmed council's confidence in Briggs in the lead-up to the 2018-28 10-Year Plan.

Briggs previously got a pay rise in August 2016, which took his salary up to $380,000.

That wage increase reflected his performance, then-mayor Julie Hardaker said in a statement at the time.