FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2011
CONTACT: Daniel Scarpinato
PHOENIX — Mayoral candidate Wes Gullett will announce plans on Wednesday to end automatic annual pay increases for city employees, part of a compensation and benefit reform plan designed to save taxpayer dollars. Gullett will be joined at a 1:30 p.m. press conference outside the Historic City Hall by City Councilmen Sal DiCiccio and Jim Waring.
The 2011-2012 budget included pay increases for 89 percent of city employees, at a cost of $28 million. In some years (for example, 2009-10) almost 100 percent of employees received a pay increase.
Gullett’s plan would treat pay raises as an incentive for performance, rather than an entitlement.
When: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2011; 1:30 p.m.
Where: West side of Historic City Hall, 200 W. Jefferson
Contact: Daniel Scarpinato
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