HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 104 CCCLN/GH/5/18/72
A R E S 0 L U T I 0 N
WHEREAS, the fire and police employees, under the laws
of the State of Texas, circulated a petition for the purpose
of requiring an election to be called by the City Council for
the voters of the City of Beaumont to determine whether Grade I
fire and police employees shall have a minimum monthly wage
of $704.00; and,
WHEREAS, this petition was filed with the City Clerk
on March 15, 1972 and was certified to the City Council on
March 28, 1972 as being in accordance with the requirements of
the State law; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council was required to call the
election within ninety (90) days of March.28, 1972; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council in good faith set an election
for the above purpose for June 13, 1972, and thereafter was
advised that a special election for State Representative position
had been set for that date which prohibited an election for
the fire and police pay raise question; and,
WHEREAS, this City Council has reviewed the Compensation -
Classification Plan adopted for all employees on February 22,,
1972 and finds that the wage rate paid to fire and police in
the City of Beaumont as compared to other communities of similar
size to be within reason and is a just compensation for like
work, and similarly finds that on the whole all other employees
were placed in positions of comparable wage levels as to other
municipalities as well as the local competitive wage for
similar jobs; and,
WHEREAS, this Council believes that the adopted plan
will provide adequate compensation for.all employees and
therefore cannot support the $95 request; and,
WHEREAS, should the citizens of this community approve
the minimum wage for fire and police to be $95 more than
adopted on February 22, 1972, that all employees be given a
$95. a month increase; and,
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of this implementation
would be approximately $1,270,000 on an annual basis and
$1,590,000 on a fifteen (15) month basis; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the existing
revenues are not sufficient to offset this continuing annual
cost, and services should not be reduced;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
That should this election pass, it would be the intention of
this Council to raise all permanent employees $95 a month at
an annual cost of approximately $1,27.0,000 and proceed to
raise the ad valorem tax by approximately 370 per $100
valuation to pay for this additional cost of opera.ting the
city government.
PASSED by the City Council this the - day of
222 1972.
Mayor -