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Germantown committee forwards administrator's pay-adjustment procedures after heated public comments
Summary
Public commenters accused the administrator of overruling a committee vote to grant midyear raises totaling about $25,000. The committee reviewed procedures for nonrepresented pay adjustments, accepted administrator recommendations (with an amendment to involve the village president and committee), and forwarded the proposal to the village board 2-1.
An angry wave of public comment about midyear salary increases set the tone at the Village of Germantown's General Government Finance Committee meeting, where trustees debated procedural changes for nonrepresented employee pay adjustments and ultimately voted to forward the administrator's recommendations to the village board.
At the public-comment podium, a resident said the administrator 'overruled' a prior committee vote and approved raises that included ''a $15,000 a year raise' for the village accountant and additional increases for four other employees, calling the action 'a stab in the back' to taxpayers. Melanie Smythe, another resident, urged outside review…
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