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Council adopts step pay plan for police and fire after budget raises
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 2025-21 to implement a step-pay plan for police and fire personnel reflecting the 4.5% pay increases included in the FY2025–26 budget.
The Lockhart City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025-21 to implement a step pay plan for police and fire personnel, aligning pay steps with budgeted increases for the fiscal year.
Julie Bowerman, the city's civil service director, explained that civil service employees are paid under an ordinance-based step plan and that the FY2025'26 budget includes a 4.5% increase for full-time and regular part-time employees. The ordinance updates the step plan for police officers and firefighters to reflect the approved budget adjustments.
Council moved and seconded the ordinance and approved it by voice vote. Council members noted the step plan codifies the raises approved in the budget and does not create a separate merit-pay program for civil-service personnel.
The ordinance implements the pay-step increases approved in the budget and becomes effective as the city processes payroll under the new fiscal year.
