At the Casper City Council meeting on Tuesday, the council stressed the importance that the one-cent funding that will be voted on again this year for the benefits that it provides the community.
At the Casper city council meeting on Tuesday, the council agreed that it's important for the city to find room in the budget to accommodate a COLA and step increase for city employees.
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Casper City Council Moves Forward with Budget Proposal
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The budget includes many different items, however the main topics of discussion were employee compensation, several new positions, and funding infrastructure.
A year ago the council had commissioned a firm, Graves Consulting, to find out if the city needs to adjust how it pays its employees.
At the council meeting Laruie Graves, from the firm talked to council about how the city has 53% of its employees at the top of their pay grade, with many similar businesses being at 20 to 25%.
Graves said it would cost around $127,000 from the general fund to change how wages are done.