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Piedmont council approves $100 per-pay-period hazard pay for certified police officers
Summary
On Jan. 21 the Piedmont City Council approved a $100 per pay-period hazard pay increase for certified police officers after hearing a police report and a new pay-scale request; the measure passed on a 5–2 roll-call vote. Council later tabled phase two of the increase.
The Piedmont City Council on Jan. 21 approved a $100 per pay-period hazard pay increase for all certified police officers after Police Chief Johnson presented January and 2024 year-end police reports and a proposed new pay scale.
Council Member Jubal Feazell moved the hazard-pay increase and Council Member David Ivey seconded. A roll-call vote recorded five in favor and two opposed: Richard Williams—Yes; Jubal Feazell—Yes; Caleb Pope—Yes; Greg South—No; David Ivey—Yes; Terry Kiser—Yes; Bill Baker—No. The packet described the increase as roughly $1.19 per hour. Later in the meeting, Council Member Caleb Pope moved and Jubal Feazell seconded to table phase two of the proposed police increase; that motion carried (no roll-call tally was recorded in the minutes).
Feazell told the council he "hopes this small increase will keep the officers from leaving the city," framing the change as a retention measure. Chief Johnson had brought forward a new pay scale and the hazard-pay request during his report.
The vote is a formal action by the council; there was no additional appropriation detail recorded in the minutes about how the ongoing cost of the hazard-pay increase will be funded. The council did not adopt phase two of the increase at this meeting and provided no timeline for further pay changes.
Next procedural steps recorded in the minutes: the phase-two proposal was tabled for later consideration and no implementation date for any further police-pay changes was provided.
