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Washington Council approves pay‑study changes, raises minimums and adds paramedic incentive
Summary
Council authorized implementation of Piedmont Triad pay‑study recommendations including a 4% minimum salary increase, 10% maximum increase, select reclassifications, and a 5% pay incentive for paramedic certification.
The Washington City Council voted Nov. 4 to implement the classification and pay‑grade changes recommended by a Piedmont Triad pay study and to update the FY 2024‑2025 classification and salary schedule.
Council authorized a 4% increase to minimum salaries and a 10% increase to maximum salaries to reduce compression, and approved moving select positions when an employee meets higher responsibilities (citing the Chief Treatment Plant Operator and Chemical/Pre‑treatment Analyst to pay grade 20 and the License Plate Agent to pay grade 15). The authorization included adopting a budget amendment associated with the changes.
Separately, council approved an update to the Educational Attainment Incentive Pay Plan to add a Paramedic certificate as eligible for a 5% pay increase. The meeting record notes the Firefighter/Paramedic job classification was removed from the salary schedule, and adding the paramedic certificate is intended to encourage certification among fire department employees.
Mayor Pro tem Anthony Tyre moved to authorize implementation of the pay‑study recommendations and Councilmember Richard Brooks seconded; Councilmember Lou Hodges moved approval of the educational attainment change with a second by Mayor Pro tem Tyre. All recorded votes on these items were affirmative in the meeting minutes.
