The District of Columbia’s chief financial officer agreed Monday to remain on the job after the mayor and D.C. Council chairman offered him nearly $100,000 more a year, council members said.

Natwar Gandhi, whose presence in the D.C. government is highly valued by both Congress and Wall Street, was being lured by Amtrak to fill its empty CFO slot. But District leaders, including Mayor Adrian Fenty, D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray and Ward 2 Council Member Jack Evans, put together a salary package to reel him back in.