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Bryan City Council approves salary schedule update for Bridal Volunteer Fire Department
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance No. 36-2025 to replace the department's pay schedule after minimum-wage increases narrowed its competitiveness with neighboring departments.
Bryan City Council on July 7 adopted Ordinance No. 36-2025, establishing a new salary schedule for the Bridal Volunteer Fire Department and repealing Ordinance No. 23-2022 (passed April 4, 2022).
City staff told the council the previous pay ranges were overtaken by minimum-wage increases and that the updated schedule is intended to make part-time positions more competitive with nearby departments. "We are within probably 50 cents to a dollar from Defiance," a city staff member said when comparing the new ranges to a neighboring department.
Council members moved to suspend the rules and then to adopt the ordinance; the motions carried with all members present voting in favor. No changes to other plan provisions were reported during the discussion.
The ordinance repeals Ordinance No. 23-2022, which staff identified as the prior salary schedule passed April 4, 2022. The record does not include detailed line-by-line pay ranges in the reading; the text on file with the city contains the full schedule and implementation language.
Council staff characterized the change as a simplification of ranges intended to aid recruitment for part-time firefighter roles.
