HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 12-15 Staff pay hikes ok'd in Maplewood REVIEW Staff pay
hikes ok'd
in Maplewood
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by Anne Skinner
The Maplewood City Council awarded
the city's managerial staff an increase in
salary at its Dec. 9 meeting. The pay
raises were included in the 1977 budget
1977.
and are effective the council had asked
About a yeararag ,
the staff to complete a comparative study
on pay scale for managerial staffs in
other first year suburban communities
(those which are contiguous with one of
the Twin Cities). The staff found
Maplewood's managerial Pyd hiThe
be
low and presented a proposed
and ke.dir
council denied the proposal
cted
the staff to revise the psschedule.Ywill
The results of the revision, which which Maplewood
eventually bring
managerial staff up to the meanla y
through five stages, were approved
st
Thursday evening.
Included in the pay hike is a retroac-
tive,to July 1,1976,1.8 percent increase in
wages.The retroactive increase had been
included in the schedule of five steps,
in
July six month increments ending my the council
but8,
had not ivaverage by
per
last The
July.
managerial emp toY ee for the year is 9.3
percent raise in wages. proposal by a
The council approved the pro p
4-1 vote, with John Greavu dissenting.
Greavu said, "I think all these salaries
are too high." City Manager Mike Miller
noted in his staff report that,"The figures
also reflect a 1977 across
osettheet esb ofoardV
ad-
justment of$1,000to
oincreases.The across the board
t increas
increaseof livi
e
will result in an average
oarThe 4.6 percent of 4.6 percent."
is included in the average increase for
1976 wages of 9.3 percent.
The revised pay schedules per month
follow:
City Manager, from$2,140 to$2,303
Director of Public Works, from $2,121 to
$2,236
Director of Public Safety, from$1,965 to
$2,142ment,
Director of Community Develop
from$1,680 to$1,841
Finance Director, from$1,583 to$1,783
Director of Community Services, from
$1,571 to$1,776
City Clerk, from$1,329 to$1,581
Personnel Officer, from $1,032
to hiring of
The council also approved
an assistant fire votes with John Greand a avu
00
salary Y
dissenting.