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Retirees ask for 2% COLA; frontline workers urge continued support for step program
Summary
Retiree representatives asked Norfolk for a 2% cost‑of‑living adjustment after eight years without COLA, while a public works employee praised last year's budget and asked the council to sustain programs that support frontline morale and operations.
Speakers at Norfolk's budget hearing urged the council to address compensation needs for retirees and frontline employees.
Mark Pollock, representing Norfolk retirees, said pensioners have not received a COLA in approximately eight years and requested a 2% raise to help offset rising Medicare and health care costs. He contrasted retirees' limited adjustments with other city funding streams and asked council to consider the request seriously.
Roman Grand, a public works employee and ERC representative, thanked council for last year's budget, which he said improved frontline morale and helped with step pay and support for snow removal, trash collection and other essential services. He urged the council to keep the momentum and preserve investments that benefit frontline workers' ability to deliver core services.
Speakers did not record a formal council response in the public hearing transcript.
