A 2 percent raise for Collegedale employees and a 4 percent raise for City Manager Ted Rogers are in the works.
At a recent Collegedale City Commission meeting, commissioners passed the city's $8.65 million budget for the next fiscal year, which includes raises for city employees with no tax increase for residents. The Commission sets the city manager's compensation separate from other city employees'.
"We moved that [Rogers' raise] be two percent along with everyone else, but I personally would like to see it be a little bit more," Commissioner Larry Hanson said after the commission initially voted on the 2 percent raise. "I'd like to move that we make it four percent."
The commission, excluding Vice Mayor Tim Johnson who was absent, unanimously voted in favor of the increase.
Rogers, who will celebrate his eighth anniversary with the city in November, is already the highest-paid city manager in Hamilton County. He currently receives $106,500 annually, which includes a car allowance. Once the raise goes into effect for fiscal year 2014-2015, his salary will be approximately $110,000.