Decatur employees to get 1.5 percent raise
The Decatur Daily reports (http://bit.ly/2fA1Zvw ) how to give the employees a raise has been an issue since September when the previous council allotted $600,000 from reserves to pay for wage increases, but only designated how $240,000 would be spent.
Council President Chuck Ard pushed for a cost-of-living raise as a way to make a step toward improving employee pay after a study concluded city employees overall are paid 5 percent less than the average of comparable municipalities.