During these economic times it may be difficult to say who deserves a pay increase more but the city of Greeley is making room in their budget for salary increases.
In the 2012 budget there will be a merit increase of 2.6% with about $788,000 for salaries and benefits. This money will be distributed to around 554 fulltime non-union city employees.
However, the emergency dispatchers will be receiving the largest amount of the sum at about 11%.
“Being a dispatcher requires a lot of training and we discovered that our Greeley dispatchers had a high turnover rate.” Greeley City Council member Robb Casseday said.
Greeley City Council had a study conducted that compared their city employees’ pay rates with other surrounding cities. As it turns out, the dispatchers were not the only ones who were experiencing a negative outcome from their employment.
It was found that 26% of Greeley's city employees were below the average minimum salary compared with other cities. Also, that 10% were above the maximum salary. But the salary turnover rate for dispatchers was the highest.
According to council member Casseday, the merit will allow employees that are under the average salary to bump up to the minimum salary. The merit will also freeze the salary of the employees that are over the maximum.
With the remainder of the funds, the city plans to give pay increases to other non-union city employees based on performance.
“Hopefully this merit will make our employees want to stay in Greeley rather than trying to work for a higher paying city,” council member Casseday said.
As for the locals, it may be nice to know that when dealing with the emergency dispatchers, they are not only taking care of you but the city is taking care of them too.
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