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OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- The Ogden City Council has refused to reconsider requiring firefighters and police to score higher on performance evaluations than other municipal employees to receive a maximum merit pay increase.
With Councilwoman Dorrene Jeske dissenting and Councilman Bill Glasmann abstaining, the council voted Tuesday night to remove the issue from its agenda.
Under an ordinance adopted in February, the rule, city workers who belong to the Utah Alliance of Governmental Employees and score 3 or higher on performance evaluations automatically receive 5 percent merit increases.
Police and firefighters must score at least a 3 to receive a 2 percent merit raise and at least a 4 to get the maximum 5 percent increase.
Councilman Rick Safsten said reconsideration of the ordinance would damage the process that the board has approved for negotiating with employee organizations.
Sgt. Troy Arrowsmith, president of the Ogden Police Benefit Association, said police and firefighters are being punished by the council for an impasse in salary negotiations.
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Information from: Standard-Examiner, http://www.standard.net
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