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Brockton council refers proposed deputy public works post and pay increase back to ordinance committee
Summary
Councilors raised concerns about creating a deputy commissioner role with a roughly $50,000 higher minimum salary and referred the ordinance amending the pay plan back to the ordinance committee for further review.
The Brockton City Council on Sept. 8 voted to refer an ordinance that would add a deputy commissioner of public works and set a new pay scale back to the ordinance committee for further discussion. The referral followed sustained criticism from at least one councilor about the job's title, pay range and timing.
Councilor Farwell said the pay-plan change would raise the minimum for what had been a water-systems manager posting from about $87,105 to a minimum of $137,000 and questioned whether the city had adequately considered alternatives. "I am still unconvinced…
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