Chattanooga Mayor Ron LittlefieldBY THE NUMBERS
• $289,000: Amount needed to give pay raises to all city employees, including part-time and temporary workers.• $70,000: Total needed to give a pay raise to full-time employees who did not receive one• 56: Number of full-time employees who did not receive pay raises this yearSource: Chattanooga
Fifty-six full-time civilian Chattanooga employees must wait a week to learn whether they get pay raises this year, but about 130 police officers must wait even longer.
An age discrimination lawsuit filed by 29 police officers could jeopardize $1.2 million in pay increases already promised in this year’s budget, Mayor Ron Littlefield told City Council members Tuesday.
Councilman Andraé McGary immediately asked Littlefield how the city would address the police department’s career ladder pay program.
The mayor said he couldn’t discuss details on why the city would delay implementation of the career ladder program.