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City manager defends 3% pay proposal; council members express split views on raises and staffing
Summary
City Manager Don Rosenthal defended a proposed 3% pay increase for nonunion employees, citing strong reserves and pension funding; council members voiced divergent views on the size and structure of raises and on proposed ADA staffing.
City Manager Don Rosenthal used his allotted time during council comments to respond to criticism of a proposed 3% salary increase for city employees, saying the raise is modest, fiscally responsible and backed by the city’s reserve position.
“This is not mismanagement,” Rosenthal said in prepared remarks. He told the council the city maintains “a clean annual financial report with no negative management letter, comments, and no internal control issues,” and said the general fund balance stands at about $29,000,000 versus a proposed budget near $28,000,000. Rosenthal also said pension funding is healthy: the police pension at about 118%, the fire pension at about 94% and a jail employee plan at about 106%.
Rosenthal sought to correct what he described as an earlier off-the-cuff estimate of $660,000 to cover raises for all employees: the proposed 3% increase applies only to nonunion…
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