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Port Arthur council members press for clearer budget treatment of reclassified positions
Summary
Council members debated whether reclassified jobs that increase pay ranges should be counted as new positions in the FY2025–26 budget and asked staff to supply an updated personnel schedule before final adoption.
Councilman Doucet pressed Port Arthur staff on Thursday about how reclassified jobs are shown in the city's proposed budget, saying the city manager "does not have the authority to change range and pay" without council approval and urging that positions with newly increased pay ranges be listed as new positions in the budget.
The discussion, held during the council's final budget workshop before adoption, centered on whether reclassifications that raise a job's pay range must be treated as new, funded positions. City Manager Dr. Thigpen told the council the city follows Personnel Policy 17-57(b), which delegates final reclassification…
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