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Dearborn Heights budget hearing turns to pay, staffing and proposed raises
Summary
Council members reviewed personnel items in the mayor’s proposed FY2526 budget: the administration included a 2% nonunion raise and a proposed HR director salary of about $100,000. Council members asked to remove noncontractual raises and asked for comparables for director pay after debate over the police and fire chief salaries.
Chief of Staff Mariana Hernandez and Deputy Director Mahdi Beydoun walked council through personnel requests embedded in the mayor’s proposed budget, including a 2% raise for nonunion employees and a proposed HR director salary that administration said would be about $100,000.
Council members objected to adding noncontractual raises before the council had confidence in revenue projections. One…
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