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Safety Harbor commission votes to adopt phase 1 of pay study, approves 5% market adjustment
Summary
The City Commission on March 17 approved phase 1 of a citywide compensation plan that raises base pay rates by 5% for all full- and part-time employees, adds Juneteenth as a city holiday and adopts an updated pay grade structure; commissioners and staff said the change aims to slow turnover but warned about future budget impacts.
The Safety Harbor City Commission on Monday voted 5-0 to adopt phase 1 of a citywide compensation and benefits analysis, approving a 5% market adjustment to the city pay plan, adding Juneteenth as a paid holiday and adopting an updated pay-grade structure effective as early as March 30, 2025.
City Human Resources Director Michelle Posowitz presented the phase 1 implementation after consultants PayPoint HR delivered a compensation and benefits study in 2024. Posowitz said the immediate action increases pay rates across all full-time and part-time positions, elevates any employee paid below a new grade minimum to that minimum, and aligns the pay plan “with the market as recommended.” She told commissioners the six-month fiscal 2025 cost of the change is an estimated $259,715 in salary increases and $84,667 in associated benefits, a combined total of $344,382; the commission had previously earmarked…
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