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Council adopts salary ordinance setting pay through 2027; members ask for salary‑utilization reporting
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 4‑20‑26 to fix borough salaries for 2024–2027 after a public hearing. Members asked staff to prepare an annual salary‑utilization/monitoring report given tax levy and contract increases.
Following a public hearing, council voted to adopt Ordinance 4‑20‑26, which updates salary ranges for elected and municipal positions through 2027. No members of the public spoke in opposition during the hearing and the clerk recorded affirmative roll‑call votes.
Councilmembers raised concerns about salary increases relative to a 2% tax levy cap and asked administrators to begin producing a regular salary utilization report to monitor pressures on the budget if contracts, such as AFSCME and the PBA, exceed the levy cap. The mayor noted the PBA contract is currently at 3.5 percent and reiterated that any matching‑grant situations will be flagged publicly.
