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Council told to set direction on raises; salary ordinance and budget pre-adoption scheduled in October
Summary
Town staff asked council members to decide whether to include raises in the 2025 budget and to give direction to the Town Manager so a salary ordinance can be prepared for the October pre-adoption and adoption meetings.
Clerk-Treasurer Michelle briefed the council that staff had included potential salary increases in the draft budget and asked the council to give direction so the Town Manager could prepare a salary ordinance.
Michelle said she had modeled a flat-dollar approach (for example, $2,000 or $2,500 per employee) and noted different approaches affect employees differently: a flat-dollar increase benefits lower-paid employees proportionally more, while a percentage increase favors higher base salaries. She said she worked in $2,500 per person on the general side as an example but that the council had given no formal direction.
Schedule and procedure: Michelle reminded the council the budget pre-adoption and adoption are scheduled in October and that the salary ordinance must be ready to include in the budget process. "So y'all would just need to give Charlie direction on what y'all wanna do with that so he can prepare the salary ordinance," she said. The clerk-treasurer also referenced cost-of-living figures she had checked, noting a 2.6% figure for 2025.
Why it matters: council members must decide the structure and amount of raises before the salary ordinance is prepared for formal readings. Staff emphasized the ordinance language and final figures will return to the council for adoption at the scheduled October meetings.
