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Elyria approves 3% retroactive pay raise for Chapter 165 nonbargaining employees
Summary
The council approved a 3% pay increase retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025 for Chapter 165 non-elected, non-bargaining employees; the mayor and finance director said the retro cost is roughly $287,000 and a separate salary study is expected in late summer.
The Elyria council on Tuesday approved a 3% pay increase for Chapter 165 non-elected, non-bargaining city employees, effective retroactively to Jan. 1, 2025, and amended the city salary ordinance to reflect the change.
Mayor Brubaker explained the rationale for the increase and presented estimated costs: “the numbers to the general fund, 3% retroactive back to the beginning of the year is about $209,000. To our enterprise funds, it's about $77,000, which is in the neighborhood of $287,000 total,” he said. The mayor described the 3% as a middle-ground step while the city completes a comprehensive salary study later this year.
Finance Director Pulaski said the full-year cost number discussed in committee is larger and that retro pay would be incorporated into payroll; he also said the city will resubmit salary figures to the firm conducting the study if the increase is adopted. President Stewart and other council members endorsed the approach as a temporary measure ahead of the salary study. Council members and Chapter 165 employees who spoke at the meeting expressed appreciation for the action.
The committees passed both the wage-increase ordinance and a companion amendment to the salary ordinance by voice vote with emergency clauses; the pay change was ordered effective Jan. 1, 2025. City staff said the salary study is on a timeline to return results by August or September for council consideration; any further adjustments would be brought back to council for action.
