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Council reviews proposed stepped pay scale for fire-rescue personnel; new wages to begin with 2025 budget year
Summary
City staff and the fire chief presented a proposed stepped pay scale for full-time hourly fire-rescue personnel, to take effect with the July 1, 2025 budget year; council committees recommended full council approval but wages will require annual negotiation.
City staff and the fire chief presented a proposed stepped pay scale for full-time fire-rescue personnel at the April 1 council meeting, and committees recommended council approval to implement new wages beginning with the July 1, 2025 budget year.
Staff said the Lamar City Employees bargaining unit completed the process to remove firefighter/paramedics from positions covered by the current bargaining agreement and that the fire chief requested wage adjustments and a stepped pay scale. Administration and fire rescue staff agreed on the proposed step pay scale and recommended full council approval. The packet materials state that wages for full-time hourly fire-rescue personnel will be negotiated each year, similar to police department practice.
No final wage ordinance or resolution vote appears in the available transcript excerpt; the administration recommended council approval and noted the new wages would begin with the 2025–26 budget year starting July 1, 2025.
