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No pay increases for DPW workers in new 3-year pact
The Wolverine Lake Village Council ratified a three-year agreement with the village’s Department of Public Works (DPW) employees that calls for no raises during that time period.
The contract is effective July 1 through June 30, 2014.
“In terms of salaries and given the large declines in revenues and projected revenues, we asked all employees to hold the line for the next few years,” said Village Council President John Magee.
The DPW bargaining unit is comprised of three members.
The group was granted a 2-percent raise last year and was the only bargaining unit to glean any increase in compensation.
“They received annual increases in the former contract of 2 percent for each of the three years,” Treasurer Mike Kondek said.
Although the group will be not awarded raises in the new agreement, Magee said each employee performs up to par. The council’s decision was based on the Negotiation Committee’s recommendation.
“We’re pleased with our employees and it’s no reflection on the work they do, but due to falling revenues more than anything else,” he said.
3 Responses to No pay increases for DPW workers in new 3-year pact
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resident
August 3, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Amazing how one week the Village’s coffers are bloated, in the black and they can more than afford park / capitol improvements and to re-hire it’s own police force, but here the next week when it comes time to reward the efforts of a DPW staff that does a STELLAR job, all the sudden they are broke and in the red again ???
Seems to us residents the village council feels it’s leading a “village of idiots” and can change it’s story as it suits them.
Village Resident
August 6, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Which Wolverine Village Council Idiots forced employees to accepted an agreement that gives no raises for three years but gave a contract and overtime to Captain Underworthy? DPW gets nothing through June 30, 2014 and Captain Underworthy racks up the overtime while doing everything but Village business. He’s a Village Idiot with the highest pay, and an idiot with a badge. Residents pay a huge salary to the crackerjack Captain to collect money for his private benefits business. He’s never there for real police work except to jump in front of a camera or claim someone else’s credit. Absolute no real police work is getting done. It’s a sad state of affairs. The Village Idiots’ decision was based on the Negotiation Committee’s recommendation? Really! Can we afford this incompetence? Who are they?
Other Village Resident
August 7, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Been witness 1st hand to said Captains lazyness, incompetentness well as all the “personal Business” he conducts while on the Village’s time, and it makes many of us sick. Entire council is just as incompetent well as the Village manager and come next election, vote out as many of them as we possibly can and start over with a group of residents that aren’t part of the Villages “Good ‘ol Boy Network”.