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Staff recommends 3% hybrid pay increase to lift most city employees to living wage
Summary
City staff recommended a hybrid compensation option that would move the most employees above the local living wage, reducing the number of employees below the threshold from about 151 to roughly 84; the recommendation would increase the property tax rate unless one-time FEMA loan funds are used.
City staff recommended a hybrid compensation approach at the Asheville City Council budget work session that they said would lift the largest number of employees above the local living-wage threshold while addressing compression for public-safety pay plans.
Lindsey Spangler summarized the options the city considered: an across-the-board percentage increase, and a hybrid where employees below median pay receive a larger flat adjustment while those above median receive a percentage. Staff recommended the 3% hybrid scenario…
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