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Resident raises firefighter pay and workload concerns during Canyon Lake public comment
Summary
A resident urged the council to address pay disparities between firefighters and other public-safety or enforcement roles, citing hourly rates and annual-hours differences and questioning whether event spending reduced capacity to raise wages.
During public comment the Canyon Lake City Council heard from resident Renee Griffiths, who detailed what she described as a persistent pay and workload gap between firefighters and other public-safety or enforcement employees.
Griffiths said the city’s posted hourly rates (as presented during her comment) show code enforcement at $37.37 per hour, police at $37.15 and firefighters at $25.25 per hour and argued firefighters work substantially more annual hours (she cited 2,880 hours for firefighters versus 1,872 for police). She asked how the council justifies the gap between workload and compensation as the city reviews the upcoming budget.
Brown and staff acknowledged the question and said they would provide budget breakdowns and follow up during the budget adoption process. Council members said they appreciated the request for transparency and asked staff to supply itemized event and personnel spending to help evaluate compensation decisions.
The council took no immediate pay action at the meeting; instead staff committed to provide the requested budget details before final action on the FY 2026–27 budget.
