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Council adopts multi-year pay adjustments; staff say $6M allocated for 2025 implementation
Summary
Bloomington Common Council adopted amendments to the city’s salary ordinance (Ordinance 20 25-03) after a presentation from Human Resources showing phased increases. Council debated sustainability, pay-grade constraints and how AFSCME work will be handled; amendment correcting a typographical error was approved and the ordinance passed unanimously (9-0).
Bloomington Common Council on Feb. 5 approved an amendment to the city’s salary ordinance designed to implement a multi-year compensation plan for appointed, nonunion, and AFSCME positions.
Erica DeSantis, director of compensation and benefits, told council the changes are part of an ongoing workforce evaluation and realignment process. She said the controller allocated $6,000,000 for 2025 to cover salary increases and related benefits; more than $4,500,000 of that has already been dedicated to initial…
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