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Edmore council approves $2 hourly raise for staff and two‑hour DPW on‑call minimum
Summary
The council approved a $2 per hour raise for all village employees and a two‑hour minimum show-up pay for DPW on-call calls; both measures passed by 7-0 roll-call votes after brief debate over retention effectiveness.
The Edmore Village Council approved two Personnel Committee recommendations on Aug. 12: a $2 per hour wage increase for all village employees and a two‑hour show-up minimum pay for DPW staff responding to on‑call calls. Both motions passed on roll-call votes, 7-0.
Council member Moore expressed skepticism that a $2 increase would meaningfully improve retention, saying he was "still not convinced that raising the wages by $2 an hour is going to make a difference in retention when the ones who are leaving are leaving for $5 and $6 more." Guild and other members supported the Personnel Committee recommendation, and councilors approved a motion that DPW on-call responses receive a two‑hour minimum show‑up pay.
The minutes note a separate discussion about formalizing minimum on-call compensation in writing and clarifying how the DPW supervisor is compensated for after-hours calls. The council directed staff to include the two‑hour minimum in written procedures. The wage increase and on-call minimum become effective as recorded in the meeting minutes and will appear in payroll action following administrative processing.
