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Mayor proposes reclassifying guaranteed holiday pay into base salaries for shift workers
Summary
Helotes Mayor Rich Whitehead proposed rolling guaranteed holiday pay for shift workers (police, fire, dispatch) into base wages to make advertised pay comparable with other cities and simplify HR administration; council discussed technical, budget and implementation issues and directed staff to return with a formal agenda item and impact analysis.
Helotes Mayor Rich Whitehead opened a discussion on March 12 about reclassifying guaranteed holiday pay for shift workers into base salaries, saying the move would not reduce employee pay but would make base pay figures comparable with other municipalities and simplify recruitment.
The mayor said Helotes currently handles holiday pay as a separate line item that can make base pay appear lower in salary surveys and job postings. "This is not to take any money away from any employee," he said, adding the proposal would "reclassify" pay so that a worker who now appears to earn $60,000…
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