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Duval proposes switch to biweekly pay; finance director warns transitional work required

5834808 · September 3, 2025
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Finance Director Beth McMinn presented a plan to move city employees from semimonthly to biweekly pay. The council discussed union bargaining, staff training and a short transitional pay period; no formal vote was taken.

Finance Director Beth McMinn told the Duval City Council on Sept. 2 that the finance team is proposing a change in the city’s payroll cycle from semimonthly (24 paychecks) to biweekly (26 paychecks) to simplify overtime calculations and reduce manual payroll processing errors. McMinn said the annual salary amounts would not change, only the timing and frequency of paychecks. The proposal would standardize pay periods to two-week cycles (80 hours), with pay dates every other Friday. McMinn said…

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