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South Jordan manager recommends phased raises, delays for career-ladder increases and pauses new general‑fund hires
Summary
City Manager Dustin Lewis recommended funding step increases for police, fire and public works and a 1% general pay adjustment starting July, while delaying career‑ladder and some market/performance increases to a midyear review; staff requested 27 new positions (~$2.2M), but Lewis proposed no new general‑fund hires this year.
City Manager Dustin Lewis told the South Jordan council on Jan. 29 that department directors submitted data‑driven staffing and pay requests, but tight revenues require a phased approach to compensation.
"There is no money," Speaker 1 said during opening remarks, framing the council's limited fiscal room. Lewis laid out the staffing requests — 27 positions across the city (10 full time, 17 part time) with a total ask of about $2,200,000 if every position were funded — and recommended a narrower, risk‑managed approach to compensation.
"What I'm recommending in 25/26 is that we consider funding the…
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