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Longview officials weigh 6.5% pay plan, possible property-tax increase to cover recurring costs
Summary
City Manager Roland McPhee told the Longview City Council the city can cover only part of proposed raises without boosting recurring revenue. McPhee proposed a 6.5% across‑the‑board raise plus $500 per employee, and said doing so would require roughly $4.2 million in additional recurring revenue.
City Manager Roland McPhee told the Longview City Council on Thursday that the city is facing constrained revenues and rising costs and laid out a proposal to raise employee pay that would require new recurring revenue.
McPhee said the administration is proposing a 6.5% across‑the‑board pay increase plus a $500 one‑time amount per employee to address recruitment and retention and to move pay toward the council’s policy target of 95% of market. "The money and the dollars represent many people doing and providing services to the citizens," McPhee said.
The proposal would cost an estimated $4,400,000 in recurring annual dollars, McPhee said. The budget team presented roughly $1,800,000 in savings found through cuts — including removing nine unfilled positions and eight fleet vehicles, delaying some technology replacement and cutting nearly all cable service at…
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