Clark County commissioners on Tuesday affirmed a merit increase and incentive bonus that total nearly $300,000 for University Medical Center’s top executive.

The compensation, negotiated and initially approved by UMC’s Governing Board, is separate from CEO Mason Van Houweling’s yearly base salary of $380,000.

The additional $296,371 includes a 7.1 percent cost-of-living adjustment and a contractual bonus of up to 30 percent because he met 94 percent of performance goals for the fiscal year that ended at the end of June, officials said.

“UMC CEO Mason Van Houweling receives commensurate compensation when compared to other hospital CEOs in Nevada and across the nation,” said Kendrick Russell, UMC’s chief human resources officer, in a statement.

Russell highlighted Van Houweling’s “instru

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