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Consultant recommends pay‑range overhaul, targeted raises for city workforce
Summary
Evergreen Solutions told the Budget & Public Employees Committee on Nov. 5 that the city’s pay ranges lag market benchmarks and recommended moving to open pay ranges for general employees with targeted market adjustments for trades and inspection staff.
Consultant Evergreen Solutions presented a citywide compensation and classification study to the Budget & Public Employees Committee on Nov. 5, recommending an overhaul of pay ranges for general (civil‑service) employees and targeted adjustments to bring many classifications nearer to market rates.
Mark Holcomb, the Evergreen project manager, said the firm compared nearly 200 positions with peer jurisdictions and found the city’s pay ranges trailed market…
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