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Committee amends payroll-deduction rules after firefighters press for automatic deductions

5968812 · October 13, 2025
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The Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee approved a substitution to an ordinance expanding city authority to set administrative standards for payroll deductions for labor organizations and temporarily waived rules to allow payroll deductions for Progressive Firefighters of Atlanta.

The Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee on Oct. 13 approved a substituted ordinance that gives the city’s chief financial officer authority to set administrative standards for payroll deductions to cover dues for labor organizations and temporarily allowed payroll deductions for Progressive Firefighters of Atlanta.

The substitute, offered by Councilmember Andrea L. Boone, broadened an item initially drafted to recognize the Progressive Firefighters of Atlanta Labor Organization for payroll deduction. The committee voted to approve the substitute 4 yeas, 1 abstention, and…

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