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Conway alderman outlines pay-restructure plan for fire department; council discussion only
Summary
Alderman David Grama presented a committee proposal to add incentive tiers and new pay steps for Conway Fire Department personnel. The proposal would cost about $330,000 a year to the general fund if fully implemented; council discussed timing but took no formal action.
Alderman David Grama presented a proposed restructuring of Conway’s fire department pay schedule during the May 27 City Council meeting and said the proposal was for discussion only.
Grama said the committee he chaired met several times with city staff and the fire chief and that the package would add ranks and incentive pay meant to reduce promotional “bottlenecks” and reward certifications and language skills. “All this that that we're gonna look at is for discussion only,” Grama told the council, stressing that “there's nothing implied by our discussion that it will be done this way or a different way.”
The nut graf: the plan would change ranks and add multiple incentive pay categories — medical certification, education, language, certificate-hour tiers and longevity — and Grama told the council the…
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