Budget Question # 073: On page 10.1 it is mentioned that 80% of all city employees will receive merit pay increases on top of the general pay increases included in the budget. Do we know what percentage of police, fire and EMTs will receive merit pay increases? Also, do we have a general sense of what portion of city employees will be getting their FY23 merit increases in each of the Fiscal Year Quarters? (Councilman McPike)
Response: Table 1 below shows updated percentages of current active employees in regular positions who will be eligible to receive merit pay increases in FY 2023 by employee group.
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Table 1 - Merit Increase Eligibility Percentages by Group |
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Employee Group |
Eligibility Percentage |
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Fire Marshal/Medic |
78.1% |
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General Schedule |
78.5% |
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Sworn Fire |
92.8% |
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Sworn Police |
83.8% |
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Sworn Sheriff |
84.4% |
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Grand Total |
81.0% |
Table 2 below provides the portions of current active employees in regular positions who will be eligible to receive merit pay increases in FY 2023 by the fiscal year quarter, where the period from July to September 2022 is Quarter 1, the period from October to December 2022 is Quarter 2, the period from January to March 2023 is Quarter 3, and the period from April to June 2023 is Quarter 4.
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Table 2 - Merit Increase Eligibility Percentages by FY 2023 Quarter |
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Quarter |
Eligibility Percentage |
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1 |
29.1% |
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2 |
22.8% |
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3 |
25.5% |
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4 |
22.6% |