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Marion council approves 3% cost-of-living wage increase; merit plan to return
Summary
Council approved a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for city employees and asked staff to return with a merit-pay plan for later consideration.
The Marion City Council approved a 3% cost-of-living wage increase for city employees and directed staff to develop a merit-pay proposal for future consideration.
Staff proposed splitting a 6% budgeted salary pool into a 3% cost-of-living increase and up to 3% for merit distribution. "The recommendation is 3% for cost of living and then... we have commitments from department heads what they'd like to do with the other 3% between the other 1 2 or 3 percent depending on their current level of work," staff (speaker 3) said.
Mayor (speaker 1) moved to approve a 3% cost-of-living increase; the motion was seconded and passed. The council discussed the merits of implementing a formal merit system and agreed staff should return with a working merit plan at a future meeting. The COLA increase will take effect with the first pay period ending in April.
