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Fire union urges council to approve market pay adjustments and fix firefighter holiday valuation
Summary
Max Ganano, president of Virginia Beach Professional Fire and EMS, told council the city's market study shows public safety — especially firefighters — lag behind the market and asked the council to revalue firefighter holiday pay to 16 hours to achieve parity with other city shift schedules.
Max Ganano, president of Virginia Beach Professional Fire and EMS, told City Council at an April 22 public hearing that the city’s market salary adjustments should move forward and urged the council to correct a long‑standing disparity in how firefighters’ holiday pay is calculated.
"The city study showed that out of all the city's workforce, the group most behind the market was public safety," Ganano said. "Within public safety, the…
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