The Columbia City Council amended the city’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget Tuesday night to increase pay for city workers.
The amendments the council approved included:
- Increasing minimum pay for all permanent positions to $15 an hour.
- Moving eligible employees with five or more years of service in their current position to the midpoint.
- Giving trash collectors a $2 an hour increase.
- Giving all city employees a 20-cent raise.
These wage increases would use about $990,000 from the general fund and $950,000 from other funds.
The city council had $1.54 million in the general fund to use for pay increases.
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