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I Dispatch Thurs.,July.12,'79
Maplewood
Continued from Page 1(E) But Evans,city manager since
February,said that granting flat
should increase only by flat dol-
lar amounts. dollar salary increases would :
cause the administrators to lose
"IF EACH person gets a 10 ground on their standard of liv- �,. ,°
percent raise,the one making ing. "In addition,Maplewood's :4,-„,,,„'
$15,000 receives a$1,500 in- ability to attract and keep quali- ,.
crease and the one making fied individuals is threatened by � de
$25,000 receives$2,500 increase such an approach, :
in one year,"the committee "What it all boils down to is
stated. "Employees in the high when I came here I was some-
salary bracket will receive a what surprised at the salary -� - --
substantial raise,but the lower structure.But looking at the Greavu Evans
salaried employee receives just matter with an open mind and go along with six percent in-
enough to make ends meet,with looking at what is being done I creased based on what an hourly
the rate of inflation. don't think it's out of line. employee gets.
"The rate of inflation,doesn't "I think we're getting the val- "I can't help what the other
go up according to the salaries. ue for our dollar." cities do."
The one making$25,000 isn t
going to be buying the same gro- BUT GREAVU countered: Responded Councilman Don-
ceries at a higher price than the "I'm not concerned with what ald Wiegert:"We have to be con-
one making$15,000." someone else is paying. . . .I'll cerned with the job market.We
don't live on an island."
Colleague Earl Nelson agreed.
"We tell the Wage Committee to
compare salaries with other cit-
ies and now you(Greavu)say'To
hell with it,'"Nelson said.