City of Appleton Council to Consider Salary Freeze for Nonunion Staff

City of Appleton, Wisconsin

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Link to July 7 Appleton Post-Crescent article.

Excerpt: The Common Council tonight will take up a committee recommendation to freeze salaries for the city's nonunion staff.

The recommendation the council will consider affects 187 employees. Included are managers and public library employees.

The measure is the latest example of a string of proposals debated by the Finance and Administration Committee. Budget projections for next year show the city is $2.5 million in the red.

Personnel costs, to no one's surprise, typically are among the largest expenses in municipal budgets, making them obvious targets for cuts. This year alone, Appleton, which operates on a $150 million budget annually, reduced the equivalent of 8.5 positions.

An across-the-board pay freeze in 2011 represents savings of $1.4 million.