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Gardner council advances nonunion salary ordinance after amendments on lifeguards, credit caps and assistant pay
Summary
The Gardner City Council voted to send a revised nonunion salary ordinance to first printing after amendments including a technical correction for assistant positions, higher lifeguard starting rates and a clarified 10-year cap on credited prior service.
The Gardner City Council on Nov. 17 voted to send a revised nonunion salary ordinance to first printing after weeks of work by an ad hoc committee and the mayor's office.
Mayor Nicholson presented the ordinance as a stepped pay system intended to modernize and standardize nonunion compensation, saying the package "puts our best step forward in getting us into something that we can be with our employees." The proposal would create uniform step scales, allow up to 75% credit for prior city service in some cases, and cap credited prior service at 10 years as clarified in a later…
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