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La Crosse council approves adding police and fire chiefs to compression-pay program
Summary
The common council voted to add the city’s police and fire chiefs to existing compression-pay programs intended to preserve pay differentials among upper-ranked public safety staff; both measures passed after questions about budget impacts and bargaining agreements.
Council members voted on March 12 to amend the city’s compression-pay provisions so that both the fire chief and the police chief are included among positions eligible for a compression payment intended to preserve pay-grade spacing among senior staff.
HR Director Rebecca Franson told the council the fire item updates a 2015 resolution and “all we are doing is adding the position of fire chief to those positions that would receive this compression pay,” noting the change…
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