Three members of the Columbus City Council voted Tuesday against a proposed salary ordinance establishing pay ranges for city workers next year.
At-large council members Laurie Booher, a Republican, and Tom Dell, a Democrat, and District 2 representative Elaine Wagner, also a Democrat, voted against the ordinance, which establishes two new positions, increases the max salary range to $15 an hour for select part-time employees in various departments and makes some title changes.
The three-year ordinance was developed last year from a salary compensation study performed by a McCordsville-based firm, Total Reward Solutions, which evaluated the salaries of city government employees.
Among the major changes to this year’s salary ordinance is the addition of an assistant director of parks and recreation. The city has asked Mark Jones, director of the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department, to postpone filling the assistant director position until the completion of a study on the department by the Eppley Institute at Indiana University. The study is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2020.
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