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City implements public-safety step plan and general pay-scale changes for FY 2026 implementation
Summary
Human Resources Director Allison DeChoso briefed the council on recently implemented pay changes: a public-safety step plan affecting over 900 sworn employees and a phase-two general employee pay plan that moved 2,000 non-sworn employees to a broadband structure.
Allison DeChoso, Director of Human Resources for the City of Newport News, told the council on April 8 that the city has implemented two major compensation initiatives affecting sworn and non-sworn employees.
DeChoso said the public-safety step plan went into effect in November and "over 900 sworn employees were impacted, dollars 4,355,000 in salary increases were implemented, and the average increase to sworn officers who received, an additional amount of money was 8.5%." The change affected police, fire and…
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