New Philadelphia Council is considering raises for city employees much lower than the one approved for 2024.
Last year, the administration proposed a three-year contract with annual seven percent raises. Some Council members didn’t want to commit to raises that high for three years, so they approved the raise for just this year.
Council now has three new at-large members, including salary committee chair Kris Kreinbihl. He outlined a three-year proposal for lower raises that reflected three-percent in year one, two-percent in year two, and one-percent in year three.
Councilman Steve Rippeth says that is comparable to cities across the state.
Kreinbihl said he will ask Law Director Marvin Fete to write up an ordinance, and Council will vote on it at a future meeting. This contract is separate from those for union-represented city employees. Mayor Joel Day says negotiations are ongoing with labor unions for police, fire, clerical and The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
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