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Seat Pleasant council amends FY 2025–26 budget after heated debate over COLA, salary caps and professional development
Summary
The Seat Pleasant City Council considered and voted on multiple amendments during the second reading Monday of the fiscal year 2025–26 budget (Ordinance O25-13), focusing discussion on COLA, newly proposed positions and professional-development allocations.
The Seat Pleasant City Council considered and voted on multiple amendments during the second reading Monday of the fiscal year 2025–26 budget (Ordinance O25-13), focusing discussion on cost-of-living adjustments (COLA), newly proposed positions and department professional-development allowances.
Councilwoman Kearney introduced four text amendments aimed at strengthening reserves and trimming recurring costs: withhold COLA for employees whose base salary exceeds $50,000 (redirect savings to reserves); keep the public-engagement events budget at FY2025 levels ($75,000) and move any excess to reserves; reduce the council’s professional-development allocation from $15,000 to $10,000 (and reduce the economic‑development PD line from $11,050 to $10,000); and cap salaries for two newly proposed positions (deputy city clerk and outreach coordinator) at $50,000 each.
The council voted on several of those…
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