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Chattanooga City Council Decides on Employee Pay Plan

113 views · Published 28 June 2012 · 2:02 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Jana Barnello Chattanooga city employees will get a raise, most of them, that is.The city council approved its operating budget Tuesday night, and with it, a three percent raise for civilian employees. The raise doesn't apply to the police or fire departments.     "It's going to help a lot of us out," said Public Works Equipment Operator Stephen West. "We got some guys down there, they don't even make 4,000 a year, and that's bad."But now those guys down at public works are getting a three percent raise. All civilian Chattanooga city employees are, too.The raise is part of an "ABC" proposal from Mayor Ron Littlefield. "A" is the .3 million for the Police Officer Career Development Program, or the "career ladder." Some officers who have worked to climb that ladder, haven't gotten the pay raise that comes with it. The money should fix that."B" is the three percent raise for civilian employees which will also cost the city .3 million."C" is adding 5.00 per year for all city employees' longevity pay. That measure will cost the city 75,000.Councilman Peter Murphy voted against the operating budget which includes the "ABC" plan because it excludes the fire department from any kind of raise."If the cost of living's gone up, it's gone up. If we have a little extra money to help employees with that, I don't know why we're excluding one group to the other," said Murphy.But the majority of the council overruled Murphy, and decided, this year, civilian employees will get the raise."They've had to wait their turn," said Councilwoman Carol Berz.Now that the operating budget has passed, the city council is turning its sights to the capital budget. The proposed capital budget is 33 million. The city council will review and possibly vote on it next week.

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