SALISBURY — City employees in Salisbury will likely be getting a raise to be paid for directly out of the city’s surplus, as the three members of the council in attendance at Monday’s work session unanimously agreed to advance the idea to their next legislative session.
The City Council also further discussed pay raises for elected officials and whether it would be easier to spread them out regularly as opposed to the current large but occasional leap.
There has been more or less universal agreement on the council that city employees are in need of a raise, especially following the recent results of a pay study by Evergreen Solutions, LLC that found Salisbury employees well below their neighbors in multiple compensation categories. Where the money will come from for that citywide pay bump, though, has been a matter of debate. Initially, the administration proposed new revenue additions like taking over fire inspections in Salisbury from Wicomico County as well as some cost deferrals on projects like the Riverwalk renovation.
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4 comments:
Can you publish the survey. I am confident that especially some of the lower wage classifications needed increases, but I have heard that the comparison wasn't against the city's competitors for employees, rather other wealthier governments and bureaucracies.
So they pay for the raises this year with surplus funds.. Where will the money come from next year and the next year and the next year??
They may want to use the surplus to pay for a working waste water system!
Why not give the Surplus back to the tax payers. Typical F*n Tax and Spend Democrats. Thieves, nothing but thieves!
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