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Amherst council advances pay-and-employment ordinances, approves one-year $97 fix for fire chief
Summary
The Amherst City Council on Nov. 10 sent a package of ordinances setting wages and employment terms for city positions to second reading and unanimously approved a one-year $97-per-month supplement to make the fire chief "whole" for 2026 after a longevity-pay calculation reduced his pay.
The Amherst City Council on Nov. 10 advanced a series of ordinances that would set salaries, wage rates and benefits for multiple city positions and approved a one-year, $97-per-month adjustment for the fire chief to offset a longevity-pay change.
Council considered a group of first-reading ordinances (items 6a–6j) that would establish pay and terms for positions including the city auditor, certain non-bargaining employees, the director of the Office on Aging, permanent part-time payroll and tax assistants, utility supervisors, the treasurer, police command…
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