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Shenandoah council weighs steep police pay-parity plan as tax-rate decision is deferred
Summary
Shenandoah officials were presented with county-level police pay scales that would substantially raise local personnel costs; council asked staff to model budget and tax-rate impacts before deciding whether to match those increases.
Shenandoah city leaders heard detailed proposals Aug. 13 to raise police pay to match sharp increases proposed by neighboring counties and asked staff to model the budgetary and tax-rate effects before taking a vote.
Police Chief Troy told the council that “neighboring agencies have made significant increases to the pay scales,” creating market pressure that is driving officers to leave smaller departments. Troy said Shenandoah currently has four vacancies in a 28-officer department and warned that more departures are likely if the city does not act. Lisa, the city’s budget lead, said…
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