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Consultants recommend unified pay plan and hybrid-parity raises for Hopewell employees
Summary
A consultant from Evergreen Solutions told the Hopewell City Council the city’s pay structure is fragmented and on average lags the market; consultants recommended a single non-public-safety pay plan and a hybrid-parity implementation estimated at about $2.1 million.
Hopewell City Council heard an update on a citywide compensation and classification study from Evergreen Solutions on the work session agenda.
The study, presented by Brian Wolf, project manager with Evergreen Solutions, found that Hopewell has multiple pay plans across departments but consistent structural features — most general pay ranges use a roughly 65% spread from minimum to maximum. "Average tenure in the city was over 9 years. That's a sort of a feather in your cap," Wolf said as part of his presentation.
The consultant said the city generally falls below market pay when matched to peers: on average about 5% below at the minimum, about 11% below at the midpoint and about 17% below at the top of ranges after cost-of-living adjustments. Wolf said market survey…
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