WATERLOO — Bargaining and non-bargaining city employees could see bigger paychecks starting July 1.
The City Council will consider proposed wage hikes during its 5:30 p.m. Monday meeting in the council chambers of City Hall.
Various raises are on the table for city employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. These groups are planners and engineers; clerks, secretaries, evidence technician and animal control employees; laborers; library workers; code enforcement employees and police lieutenants; police officers and sergeants; and employees at the fire department, including firefighters.
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Police officers in the Waterloo Police Department have the largest proposed wage increase. In the first year, starting July 1, those employees would see an across-the-board raise of 4.5%. Starting July 1, 2024, they would receive a 4.75% across-the-board increase. In the third year, starting July 1, 2025, they would receive a 5% across-the-board increase. In years four and five, 2026-27 and 2027-28, wages and insurance negotiations would reopen.
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Non-bargaining city employees could get a pay boost as well for next year, with all of them looking at a 3% salary increase. These positions are often administrative positions.
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If approved, the employees with the top salaries would be Police Chief Joe Leibold at $168,563; Fire Chief William Beck at $144,206; and Police Captains Robert Duncan, Jason Feaker and Aaron McClelland at $134,846.
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Other items on Monday’s agenda include:
- A resolution supporting an application by Baltimore Fields LLC, to construct 18 new single-family homes located near 1003 Vermont St.
- A resolution supporting an application from the Fire Department for $250,000 in Opioid Allocation Funds from the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors for the purchase of a new ambulance.
- A resolution approving two development agreements with Babic Properties, LLC, for the construction of both a new duplex on an infill lot as well as the construction of a four unit residential building located on Ravenwood Circle.
- A resolution approving an agreement for a traffic safety improvement program funding grant with the Iowa Department of Transportation in the amount of $500,000 for the construction of a roundabout at Hammond Avenue and Shaulis Road.
