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Local firefighters ask Cedar Park to prioritize pay competitiveness amid retention concerns
Summary
The Sierra Park Firefighters Association presented regional pay data showing Cedar Park firefighters fall behind over a full career and asked council to make competitive compensation a priority in the next budget cycle.
Travis Dubay, president of the Sierra Park Firefighters Association, urged the Cedar Park City Council to prioritize competitive compensation for firefighters during the upcoming budget cycle, presenting comparative pay data across Williamson County.
Dubay said Cedar Park ranks third in entry pay among comparable departments but falls to fifth at midscale and fourth at top-of-scale over a 25-year career. "Entry pay moves up to 2nd...but by midscale we'll slide to 4th," he told the council and warned the city was losing experienced firefighters to neighboring jurisdictions. He asked council to make competitive compensation for Cedar Park firefighters "a stated priority" in the next budget.
Council members thanked Dubay for the data and invited him to continue the conversation in the meet-and-confer and budget processes. The discussion was a public comment and initial council reaction; no formal compensation change was adopted at the meeting.
