Brundidge considers pay raises

City Council debates salary increase for municipal workers

Staff

Published Thursday, November 13, 2008

As the Brundidge City Council continues budget planning, city employee salaries will be one of the areas they need to address.

Every year but one since 1995, employees have been given a 2.5 percent cost of living adjustment, as well as another 2.5 percent additional raise based on merit, said City Manager Britt Thomas.

This year, as they do each year, the council will have to decide how much, if any, to boost employee salaries in the coming year.

“They don’t have to do anything, but as a general rule they always do,” Thomas said. “We’ve been very fortunate in that respect.”

In the proposed budget, employee’s salaries have been left at last year’s amount, with both merit and cost of living adjustment salaries at a total of 5 percent.

If all employees received both of these benefits for the next ten months, Thomas said the city would pay a total of $70,399 extra, but if only cost of living adjustments were given it would total $35,098.

Since the council hasn’t passed a budget before Oct. 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year, new employee benefits wouldn’t go into effect until Dec. 1, Thomas said.

Still, that’s only if a budget is passed prior to then.

The next budget meeting is next Wednesday, following the council meeting the Tuesday before.

The council will have to pass their budget in a meeting, and the next one after the hearing won’t be until Dec. 2.

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