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City Council News | Nov. 5, 2024

City of Opelika, opelika-News

Opelika to upgrade pay plans; estimated cost of $2.6 million

CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER

OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council approved new pay plans for the city of Opelika. A compensation plan was recently finalized by Evergreen Solutions LLC. As a part of this study, Evergreen conducted employee market surveys, reviewed and analyzed current employee classifications, duties, compensations and position policies and evaluated feedback from department heads and supervisors.
Evergreen concluded that 128 classifications of jobs have average salaries below their respective market range and recommended that the compensation for all employees found to be below the minimum of the ranges in the new Pay Plans be raised to the minimum of the corresponding range.
The cost to implement the four new pay plans for fiscal year 2024-2025 is estimated to not exceed $2.6 million.
Mayor Gary Fuller and the city council issued a proclamation for Small Business Saturday to be held on Nov. 30. The proclamation was presented to Debbie Purves, owner of The Gallery.

IN OTHER BUSINESS

Auburn Council approves appropriations to nonprofits

BY DANIEL SCHMIDT | FOR THE OBSERVER

AUBURN — The Auburn City Council on Tuesday night doled out $750,000 in financial contributions to local nonprofit organizations and other entities focused on healthcare, food security and environmental education.
The recipients of those contributions are East Alabama Health’s Center for Mental Health, the Environmental Education Building at Kreher Preserve and Nature Center, the Food Bank of East Alabama’s community market and Mercy Medical Ministry.
The city will make those payments in equal installments over several years to avoid distributing lump sums simultaneously.

In other news, the council also voted on other agenda items:

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