The Mobile City Council is nearing a deadline to approve the budget for the fiscal year that starts next month, but not everyone is happy.
But Reggie Norton, a fire-rescue worker and secretary-treasurer Mobile Firefighters Association Local 1349, told council members Tuesday that firefighter pay is the equivalent of $14.27 an hour after accounting for the unique 56-hour shifts that firefighters work.“You can amend it. You can change it,” he said. “You can do it. I just ask that you take the time to look at that, look at the compensation level of our firefighters, past and present.
City Chief of Staff James Barber declined to comment, pointing to ongoing litigation between the firefighters union and the city over incentive pay that firefighter claim violates a policy to treat them the same as police officers.renewed his request“I sang the same tune, and I got the same answer. … I just wasn’t very encouraged with the outcome this morning,” he said after the meeting.
But Foster argued that the raise the council approved 17 years ago came during a time when the pension was in far worse shape. One area that is in line for a budget hike is the Mobile History Museum. The mayor has proposed increasing city support from $1.15 million to $1.585 million. Museum Director Meg Fowler said the increase is badly needed.
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