Sunbury raises for 2013 brought up at October 3 Council meeting

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Dur­ing the Wednes­day, Octo­ber 3, Sun­bury Vil­lage Coun­cil meet­ing, coun­cil mem­ber Tom Zalewski raised a hot topic. He asked if employee raises would be in the 2013 bud­get. Vil­lage employ­ees have not had pay raises since 2009.

“Cathy (Belcher) and I are talk­ing about raises and health care; we’re going down that road,” said Sun­bury Mayor Tommy Hat­field. “We’re going to take the bud­get and put in place hold­ers for health­care, raises and cap­i­tal improvements.”

Hat­field said if employee health­care costs increase too much, it could elim­i­nate poten­tial dol­lars needed for raises.

“We’re going to look in sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties and see what they’re pay­ing for jobs; look at who’s over­paid and who’s under­paid,” Hat­field said. “We know it’s not going to be easy; we’d like to include one or two coun­cil mem­bers in our bud­get discussions.”

Hat­field said cap­i­tal improve­ments are high on the list — streets, pumps at the waste­water plant, and Sun­bury Town Hall needs paint and a roof.

“We want to get a finan­cial goal set for 2013,” Hat­field added. “In the first quar­ter of next year we’ll work on a three-year to five-year plan.”

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