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Fayetteville council approves short-term funds, orders public-safety pay study
Summary
The Fayetteville City Council approved up to $450,000 to address pay compression in the police and fire departments and approved $75,000 for a public-safety compensation study after extended budget-session debate about recruitment, promotions and fairness across step and pay-range plans.
The Fayetteville City Council approved one-time funding and directed a study to resolve pay compression in public safety, voting to set aside up to $450,000 to address immediate disparities in police and fire pay and to fund a $75,000 compensation study.
The move follows weeks of budget briefings and a lengthy discussion at the council’s work session about how recent changes to step pay plans created “leapfrogging,” where newly promoted officers or firefighters take home pay that equals or exceeds longer-serving supervisors. City Manager Mike Hewitt said the study will inform longer-term structural fixes and recommended implementation beginning in…
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