City employees may get $1,000 bonus

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. City of Monticello employees will be eligible for a $1,000 bonus this year, depending on their job performances and if the appropriate evaluation system can be developed and put in place timely. City Manager Seth Lawless shared his plan with the council on Tuesday, Feb. 7, after a longtime city employee complained about a lack of pay increases and work incentives in recent years. Henry Wilson told the council that he was speaking for himself and others of his fellow employees in asking the city for more monetary compensation. Although the crews were short-staffed, Wilson said that he and his fellow employees worked diligently and performed as a unit