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Council debates formal pay policy for nonunion staff; leans toward CPI-based formula with merit pool
Summary
Alderman Matt Bateman and Mayor Tracy Welch led a lengthy discussion on Jan. 28 about a proposed annual salary-increase policy for nonunion city employees intended to provide more predictable, merit-based pay adjustments.
Alderman Matt Bateman and Mayor Tracy Welch led a lengthy discussion on Jan. 28 about a proposed annual salary-increase policy for nonunion (noncontract) city employees intended to provide more predictable, merit-based pay adjustments.
Bateman said the goal is a transparent policy that sets a baseline cost-of-living adjustment and gives department heads a small, fixed pool to award merit increases. He proposed using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the baseline and adding a fixed “plus” percentage (he suggested 2 percent as a starting point) that department heads could distribute based on performance reviews.
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