Birmingham, Alabama (WBRC) – If you’re an employee of the City of Birmingham, your salary is likely to increase in the coming months. Mayor Randall Woodfin is presenting a resolution to adjust the cost of living for all city employees to 5% of hers.
There are still a few steps to making it official, but Mayor Woodfin first brought it up at the Budget and Finance Committee on Monday.
He said conversations about the potential of COLA will continue at a meeting-wide committee scheduled for next Wednesday.
If passed before June 30th, it will result in a cumulative 10% cost of living adjustment for all employees over a 12-month period.
Question: Can the city afford it? The mayor says auditors still have numbers, but hope there will be enough to make COLA a reality.
“We think this is very important because it is related to having fewer men and women left and right in our workforce. So we want to make sure we are making the necessary investments in our employees and they deserve it.”
If the item has full approval from the City Council, it will be submitted to the Jefferson County Personnel Commission. COLA’s total cost will be $13.5 million.
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