Still, McNair would ve likely voted against it. This isn t good for business. He s made that statement public and has not been able to defend it. Rubinstein, though, stated that the proposal wouldn t affect the city s current pay matrix, a 32-grade scale that allows employees to receive raises based on their job performance. They are not linked in any way.
Merit recognizes performance while across the board recognizes market and cost of living pressures.
The proposal is a response to a pay adjustment study recommended by Hernandez Sept. 29. Wood suggested a 3 percent, across the board pay increase for all city employees in early September, but failed to garner any support for it. A week later, Hernandez suggested a 3 percent raise for all employees except civil service workers, but that measure ended in a 2-2 deadlock. The following week, the mayor suggested another 3 percent increase, this time to be given to all city employees except those covered under collective bargaining agreements. That one failed by a 2-3 margin.