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Residents urge pay increases and "bridge" retirement funding for police and fire during public comment
Summary
Five residents urged the city to address first-responder pay and to implement a bridge retirement supplement for police and fire; speakers suggested using budgeted salary funds for vacant positions to seed the program and asked for transparent workshops and surveys for first responders.
During the public-comment portion of the Feb. 2025 Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, five speakers urged the city to address pay and retirement for police and fire personnel, and asked the board to avoid creating perceived disparities between the departments.
Kimberly Overton (resident) asked the board to ensure parity and cited an ordinance she referenced as "ordinance 2,000 and four-twenty 4," saying similarly classed positions "are to have the same rates of compensation." She called for equitable treatment of police and firefighters and urged the board to consider funding the bridge retirement supplement if immediate pay increases were…
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