City Council, Civil Service Board discuss budget details and forecast
Affirm previous recommendation made July 18th
Reflect on nearby municipalities one-upping Mandeville’s starting pay
Consensus of Council members onboard with 5.8% now
MANDEVILLE — The Municipal Police Employees Civil Service Board affirmed their previously recommended 5.8-percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) after a second joint meeting with the City Council tonight (August 7th).
Council members and Civil Service Board members asked numerous questions of Finance Director Kathleen Sides and Mayor Clay Madden. Madden had originally proposed a 2.7-percent COLA in his fiscal year 2024 proposed budget, but after the 5.8-percent recommendation from the July 18th joint Civil Service Board and City Council meeting, Madden said he reworked his budget to include a 5.8-percent COLA.
Most of the City Council members seemed to be onboard with the 5.8-percent COLA by the end of the roughly hour-and-a-half meeting.
This means an ordinance adopting a new pay scale to reflect the COLA as well as the FY24 budget ordinance which will fund the COLA should both be adopted by the City Council with no problem now.
Both acts are required by law in order for the COLA to be enacted.
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