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Live Oak council debates freezing raises and creating assistant city manager while public works director post remains vacant
Summary
Council members debated a proposal to freeze pay raises and new hires pending the next budget cycle while others said payroll savings could fund an assistant city manager; council recorded that the public works director position has been vacant since Jan. 31 and that about $50,000 in payroll savings may exist.
Council members debated whether to freeze pay raises and new positions until the next budget cycle and whether existing payroll savings could instead cover a proposed assistant city manager post.
Council member S6 proposed a freeze on raises and hiring except for essential positions, arguing the adopted 2025–26 budget does not include raises or new positions and pointing to the unfilled public works director post, which S6 said became vacant on Jan. 31. "We have too many things to be done within the…
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