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Struthers officials consider boosting summer street-worker pay to $13.50 to attract applicants
Summary
Council members discussed raising summer street-department summer-help pay from $10.70 to $13.50 to compete with school and other employers; staff said the change would not increase the total budget but would reduce available hours.
At a Struthers City Council meeting, officials discussed a proposal to raise summer street-department pay for seasonal workers from $10.70 per hour to $13.50 to improve recruitment.
Why it matters: seasonal labor for the street and maintenance departments affects city operations during summer months; a pay increase could attract more applicants but would use the same budgeted dollars more quickly.
Staff reported that the current advertised rate is $10.70 per hour and that area employers, including local schools, are offering higher hourly wages. A staff speaker said raising the rate to $13.50 "wouldn't affect the budget at all," but that the city would exhaust the budgeted hours sooner: "We we would just run out of hours sooner. But we're not using them now anyway." Council members noted that applicants must be 18 and possess a license and that outreach to high-school football teams and others had not yet produced sufficient applicants.
No formal vote was taken; council members agreed to discuss the proposed rate in committee next week.
