HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 01-23 Proposal for city employees pay increase moratorium is defeated DISPATCH oral for . cit .employes �'`� 7
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"But every- ditional bill.for pay got no- commented. Theycreases because
ipal employesbody reed creases
eight per cent of almostthom
is greedy.By Jim o proposalde wherefherweek. want that dough. jobless.
Staff Writer "If there is a voice i s City Manager Michael are economy �`'a I
A for a mora- the wilderness, Miller objected
payincreases " said City Counpod, like in the past,
on mine, would not have anys I
for .Maplewood's munic- oilman Burt Murdock in work
OF these peo- tar-
urAPPt RENTLY,hwas pie put in more than 40 gBum e nyot,,cannot get a
ed.
APPARENTLY, hours per week now„ "B these days to et a
right. on the he asserted.
job The council, "Yes," Murdock con- your soul."
heelsapproved hisa statement,increases
ncrees ceded, "but let us give ti The
e panew adm from as
hpay increas1s
that average nine to 10 low of $14,267 for the
per and for admcers. a-
Maplewood cityw of clerk to, a high e
tors and police officers. $24,000 for the city man-
bothMurmes. dissented somebody e 1 s e some ager.
times. get my But the.city manager's
youh e percentage-wise,
"If you l keels think work. Do ncept?"
you ccan stlheeetold raising point,mypersonally
6.7
the "But the work these was the lowest, bout 6.
wages,,, e b o d y requested the lower per-
council, "then we have people do cannot be del- p
l e a r n e d nothing. We egated to s o m centaget than other ar-
should have a morato- else,"Miller insisted.
in- Murdock said he has rruT e rators were voted
creasesinse on all salary not yet heard real justifi a in-
duced
across-the-board pay councilmanoin year. creases of 10 per Gena.
The intro- cation for 10 per cent pay But the council also
morat a motion
tBut itfailedr the 1nHow e5can we justify
moratorium. sed this would
'he inquired. be ed thatthis at a
for the lack second. this with this kind . beupward order.- to
MURDOCKsaidvhe economy?" still pending
for
to vote to "HOW ABOUT all the later date,
was willing contractbeingsnegotiated
cut back.the work week people out of work?" he equala
"Theyain't mak- police a de-
they
administrators to 3 f inga nickel.' unionized in the Twe-
in
hours, from 40t hours,n
rail agreed to no pay Murdock said the ad- Cities suburban area.
raises.
ers cannot afford the ad- �
That also would allow
•the city to hire addition-
'
al employes, he suggest-
ed, thereby taking peo-
ple off the unemploy-
ment rolls.
"We should have donee
this 20 years ago,"