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Resident presses council to investigate payroll and benefits handling; administration says HR notified employees
Summary
A resident asked council to launch an outside investigation into alleged payroll errors and whether city employees were taxed before pension deductions; administration said HR sent communications and no employee lost benefits.
A resident raised concerns that the city may have been processing payroll incorrectly — specifically taxing paychecks before pension contributions were taken out — and asked council to use its investigative authority to evaluate payroll practices.
“Has the city been taxing city employees' paychecks before pension contributions have been taken out?” public commenter John Zakhoski asked. He requested details on how long any error had been occurring, which departments were affected and whether an independent review should be ordered.
The administration responded that HR had sent an explanatory email after the issue was raised earlier and stated there had been no loss of employee benefits. “There was no loss of benefits of anybody at the dental,” Administrator Charlie McCormack said in reply, and he said the city had not identified benefit losses.
Zakhoski also asked whether anyone would be held accountable and urged an independent review because city payroll staff would be reviewing their own work. The transcript records the resident's call for investigation and the administration's statement that HR communicated with employees; the council did not record a formal vote to open an external audit at the meeting.
