PARKERSBURG - City council members, acting in committees, unanimously agreed to suspend the employee longevity pay program for another year. <\/p>\n
The committees also agreed to look at across-the-board pay raises for employees and a reclassification of positions that could result in base pay raises greater than the annual longevity raises traditionally doled out. <\/p>\n
\"We want a system our employees can count on,\" said personnel committee chairwoman Sharon Lynch. \"We want to retain our employees.\" <\/p>\n
\"We want to do something better than longevity,\" Mayor Bob Newell said. <\/p>\n
Both the personnel and finance committees met Tuesday and agreed to the continued suspension of longevity pay for city employees. The suspension will not affect the previously approved 20-cent-an-hour pay increase approved by council earlier this year. <\/p>\n
Discussion bogged down between the committees with regard to across-the-board pay raises. Members of the personnel committee wanted to see how much money they have to work with for possible base pay raises for employees. <\/p>\n
Lynch submitted possibilities that included an increased base rate, plus a 1 percent increase on the base. The committee could reach no consensus to act. <\/p>\n
Members of the finance committee voted to postpone discussion on base wages until the personnel committee had a figure. <\/p>\n
\"How much money do we need?\" finance committee chairman Jim Reed asked. <\/p>\n
\"We are all in agreement that this needs to be done,\" said finance committee member Nancy Wilcox. \"We need to know where the revenue is coming from forever.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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