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Council debates bonuses and whether evacuation pay should be retroactive
Summary
After the town's fire response, councilmembers debated giving 40‑hour bonuses to employees who worked during the emergency versus relying on overtime pay or a year‑end bonus; staff said hours already paid are not eligible for retroactive comp time under the draft policy.
Council members debated whether to award bonuses to employees affected by evacuations and emergency work or to rely on overtime and routine year‑end bonuses.
The mayor urged awarding 40 hours to certain employees who worked during the fire, saying he "would like to see a bonus for Patricia and Tyler" for their emergency work. Other council members argued that overtime (time‑and‑a‑half) already compensated extra hours and that a year‑end bonus for all staff might be a fairer approach. Staff clarified hours already paid in existing payroll runs would not be made retroactive as comp time under the new draft policy.
