Council adopts 2% pay-rate increase for nonbargaining employees

Marine City Council on Aug. 28 adopted Ordinance 2198-25 to amend the city’s table of organization and provide a 2% increase in pay rates for nonbargaining unit employees. The law director requested the ordinance be added to the agenda earlier in the meeting; the council moved to add the item and then suspended the rules to adopt it as an emergency at the same meeting. The ordinance change applies to nonbargaining unit employees as stated in the legislation; the meeting record does not show changes to bargaining‑unit contracts or to collective-bargaining rates. Councilmembers voted by roll call to adopt the ordinance; the action was recorded as an emergency adoption under the city charter. No implementation timetable or additional funding sources were specified on the council floor during the recorded discussion at this meeting.