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With inflation potentially approaching double digits next year, senior officials at Inverness are proposing a pay rise of 5% for some staff and 3% for others.
The higher of the two increases will go to employees earning $20 an hour or less. Those earning $20.01 per hour or more will see a 3% hourly increase. The city has a total of 83 employees.
The increases only affect the city’s 46 full-time employees with at least six months on the job and in good standing. The city raised wages for its part-timers earlier this year.
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The lowest starting salary in the city for full-time and part-time employees is $14 per hour. The new salaries would take effect on October 1.
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But City Manager Eric Williams said the hikes are more of an “annual adjustment to employee wages” and that while all city government employees are feeling the brunt of the recession, those in the bottom half “are hardest hit. “.
Williams said it’s hard to decide where the five percent and three percent should start and end, but using Florida’s median annual household wage of $57,000, the $20 mark of the hour was a good limit.
This would allow a city employee earning $20 an hour to meet the state’s median household income as long as another person at home worked at least part-time.
Williams also cited how the federal government calculated the rate of inflation by removing soaring food and gasoline prices. He said that if the two categories were added, the inflation rate would be much higher and would show more that wage adjustments were badly needed.
Williams also pointed out that he was offering wage increases to employees, but also an ad valorem rate cut this year. If approved, it will mark the third annual decrease in the mileage rate that determines the city’s property taxes.
The salary changes “bring our entry-level jobs to (reflect) the range of the market more,” he said.
Williams said the city has hard-working employees who meet and exceed any challenge that comes their way.
“We are doing more with less,” he said.
People want a clean, safe, welcoming place, but you can’t make those things happen unless you pay employees a living wage.
A decent salary allows employees to focus on their work and lets them know that they are stable in their work environment and have the opportunity to grow.
As a result, the city government benefits from the loyalty of its employees.
“We all love being a part of this place,” he said.
City Council is expected to approve the city’s 2022-23 budget during its Tuesday meeting at City Hall.
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