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Council keeps current budget; residents and officers press for police pay review
Summary
Freeport residents and council members debated police pay and bonuses during the March 17 meeting; council voted 3-2 to keep the budget as adopted in September and did not approve immediate salary adjustments.
Residents, city officials and police representatives discussed police salaries and the timing of any pay changes at the March 17 Freeport City Council meeting. The council voted to leave the fiscal-year budget as presented in September rather than adopt additional raises or bonuses immediately.
“Grossly underpaid” was the phrase used by resident Marynell Music, who cited a salary survey discussed in March 2021 and said the survey recommended raises of 6% to 23% for some positions. “The police department here has been…
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