The Clarksburg City Council amended a proposed salary increase plan and approved a tiered schedule of raises for city employees, giving larger fixed-dollar increases to lower-paid workers and a flat hourly adjustment for part-time staff.

Under the amendment approved on the floor, employees earning up to $50,000 would receive a $1,800 raise; employees earning $51,000–$70,000 would receive $1,500; and employees earning above $70,000 would receive $1,200. Part-time workers will receive a flat hourly increase (details to be applied consistently across part-time classifications), according to council discussion.

A speaker identified as the city’s finance director said the amendment would cost about $7,000 more than a previously discussed 3 percent increase and later the budgetary impact of the amendment was described in discussion as roughly a $60,000 impact to the budget.

During debate, one council member argued for an hourly-rate increase rather than a flat annual amount, saying an hourly boost is fairer for part-time employees. Another council member moved the amendment adopting the three-tier fixed raises and part-time flat rate; the motion received a second and the council approved the amendment. “As amended… Motion carries,” the mayor announced after the vote.

Council discussion indicated the raise would be retroactive to the start of the new fiscal year and would apply to employees at branches whose names were referenced in the meeting record. The transcript does not record individual roll-call votes or a vote tally.

The council did not change benefit structures or add other compensation elements during the exchange; staff said implementation would be handled administratively in payroll once the amendment is adopted.