| Show Council Debates Pay Responsibility Who is supposed to set sal cries ries of or city employees the employees the cit city council or 01 the city man a alter IJ er TillS THIS QUESTION was discussed discussed dis dis- cussed at length this week b bj by the Ule cit city council of Bountiful Immediate reason reason for lor the matter coming to the council f was a survey of salaries by bythe bythe bythe i the mayor Some did not agree with council decisions he said t NO ONE has the right to to change salaries after the city council has decided Mayor rat l tatty A A. A Galt Gait said Drie vas as lower than the had approved while two wo were higher highe The council I is the boss in the city citro When it approves approves' a a salary that is what the person should re rc- If the variation had Been Deen just 5 or 10 10 I could understand it But these varied varied varied var var- as much as more than thun approved I CITY MANAGER 1 Byr o 0 n Oberg said some adjustments I were necessary to make the salaries fit lit the new pa pay scale approved ed at the same time as the salaries b by the council Some salaries just did not fit lit the scales he said There are arc ten steps in the thep p pay y scale he hc noted with some persons receiving ing pay increases es ever every six sit months while later steps are arc each year e r. r We had to make minor adjust adjust- adjustments ments I DONT DON'T consider several severa hundred dollars minor Mayor Mayo Galt Gait replied Besides it would be different if the council ha had hadnot hadnot not discussed these salaries but the ones that are high higl were discussed at al length The council specifically voted 01 on the amount he lie said Councilman Paul PaulO 0 Huber Hubei said he assumed the persons would get the salary voted on onby onby onby by the council If it was changed from that amount the thc council would do it These salaries should have been in m grade schedule when they were brought to the council TILE THE PAY schedule as approved approved ap ape ap- ap proved is a comprehensive e pay increase administered by bythe bythe bythe the city manager Mr 11 Oberg said It is based on continuing increase as merit increases Very few governing bodies have direct control of salaries salaries salar salar- ies he continued If this is done here it will weaken my control because the workers will look to the council he said I dont don't think so so Councilman Huber answered We are the ones that have control of or the cit city money That is not the in in- tent of this program the cit city manager said It is the intent of or the council Mr 1 Huber said We want to know how much each worker gets paid AT Af TillS THIS point Councilman Morris jumped into the Ule discussion I am auf not in favor of the Jhc program if this is the way vay it works The figures we have are supposed to be the salaries of the employees As Asan Asan Asan an elected official of or th the city I believe belie it is my responsibility t ty y to know where the money is going lIe he sai said City Manager Oberg again said the program is soun sound but ut may take some adjust- adjust ment nent Lets Let's examine re-examine the steps Dont Don't throw the program program pro pro- gram out MAYOR 1 GALT noted the council evidently was not completely com com- aware of the entire wage vage scale program which would give some employees raises soon after it was ap ape ap- ap proved Still I think what we decided should take precedence prece dence dente over o the schedule he said |
