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Resident alleges council’s compensation study was 'rigged' during public comment
Summary
Rick Day of the 3rd District told the council that the urban-county government's compensation study was 'rigged,' said it affected nearly 1,500 employees, and urged stronger action than committee referral; the transcript records his allegation but the council did not take formal action in the session.
Rick Day, who said he lives in the 3rd District, used the public comment period to accuse the urban-county government’s compensation study of being 'rigged.' Day alleged the study affected nearly 1,500 employees, claimed some results were predetermined by the administration rather than produced by the consulting firm's quantitative analysis, and said prior promises to investigate were not followed through.
Day framed the allegation as both a fairness and legal concern, saying that manipulating the study’s outcomes could amount to theft or financial fraud. In the transcript he urged the council not to limit the matter to committee referral—his exact phrasing in the record was: "don't bother sending this to a committee. Send it to a grandeur." The council did not record any immediate response or formal action on the floor during the work session.
The allegation is a claim by a public commenter and was not substantiated or answered in the meeting transcript. The council’s transcript does not show staff response, a referral, or any vote tied to the accusation during this session.
