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Canton council approves updated employee pay plan after wage study
Summary
The Canton City Council approved a revised pay plan April 13 that raises city wages toward market averages, includes roughly $2,375 in retroactive pay for 2022 and will increase 2022 budget costs by about $9,500; the motion carried with one council member opposed.
The Canton City Council voted April 13 to adopt a revised employee compensation plan based on a wage study of 23 area communities, moving city staff wages closer to market averages and providing retroactive pay for 2022.
Council member Josh Nordsving introduced the Planning Commission and personnel discussions; Clerk Brock Bergey told the council three of the city’s four employees were being paid below market averages and that implementing the new schedule would place employees at the full market average by step five. Bergey said the change would produce about $2,375 in total employee backpay for 2022 and would increase combined 2022 budget impacts (General, Water and Sewer funds) by roughly $9,500.
In a written memo shared with the council, City Attorney Greg Schieber recommended adopting an updated compensation plan to support recruitment and retention, writing, “I would concur with anyone who suggests the City would benefit from an updated compensation plan…the schedule should be reviewed every year or two to make certain it stays current and competitive.”
Mayor Nick Prestby moved to approve the proposed pay plan; Cindy Shanks seconded. The motion carried, with Randy Gossman recorded as opposed.
The council also approved updated employee job descriptions prepared by David Drown Associates HR for inclusion in a revised employee handbook (motion by Cindy Shanks, second by Josh Nordsving; motion carried).
Council members said the new pay plan and job descriptions are intended to modernize personnel practices and improve staff recruitment and retention. Bergey said he will present a resolution in May to establish distribution rules for restitution and related fund adjustments that were discussed elsewhere in the meeting.
