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Waupaca council approves updated on-call (captive) pay policy; council members debate including salaried employees
Summary
The Waupaca Common Council voted April 2 to update on-call (captive) pay policy, increasing daily stipend levels and formalizing call-in and remote response minimums after staff said current pay was low compared with peer cities.
The Waupaca Common Council voted on April 2 to update the city’s on-call (captive) pay policy, a change city staff said was intended to align Waupaca with comparable municipalities and to make on-call assignments more equitable for hourly and other staff.
City Administrator Aaron Jensen presented a draft policy developed by Public Works Director Justin Behrens and reviewed by multiple committees. Jensen said the new captive-pay proposal moves the city from an $18-per-day rate toward an average competitive level (the draft references an average of $43.50 per day in surveyed comparables) and formalizes three categories:
• Captive (on-call rotation): proposed stipend…
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