City employee asks council to restore expected step increase after licensing
City maintenance employee Bill Echols told the council he received a water-operator license but was told he would not receive the modest one-step raise he had been told would follow; council asked personnel committee to review.
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Bill Echols (speaker 10), who identified himself at the podium as a city employee, told the council he recently completed training and obtained a Class C water license and expected a small one-step pay increase consistent with past practices. He said he was told by staff that the raise would not be granted due to changes in personnel decisions and asked the council to consider the matter: "I just want what's coming to me... I stood up on my end of the bargain," he said.
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