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Council hears compensation plan to boost pay for utility workers and dispatchers; changes to take effect Jan. 1
Summary
Staff and the compensation subcommittee recommended reclassifying utility maintenance workers as 'utility systems technicians' with higher starting pay, and raising dispatcher starting pay with a step and certification structure; utility adjustments were included in the FY26 budget and dispatcher changes will be addressed via a January budget amendment.
The city’s compensation subcommittee presented recommendations to address recruitment and retention in two critical operational areas: the utilities division and dispatch.
Staff proposed changing the utility job title from "utility maintenance worker" to "utility systems technician," increasing the starting pay (presented as a move from roughly $34.8 to $38.00) and adjusting…
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