City upgrades merit pay policy

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A merit pay plan that the city manager proposed recently to the council for implementation later this year received a relatively hostile response from the city employees initially, given their misunderstanding as to the plan’s purpose. City Manager Seth Lawless made clear at the beginning of his remarks that the merit pay plan was part of a two-prong program that would include pay increases. As it turned out, however, the employees misunderstood, thinkin