Morgantown City Council is preparing the City budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This budget effects you the tax payer who expects the best public safety possible. Your Police Officers and Fire Fighters have asked for a small raise of a few cents an hour more than the City has proposed, but the City has turned them down.

The proposed budget will be the largest in the City's history. These are the best years our City has seen, with new jobs and economic development on the horizon.

From 1986 to 1992 your Police Officers and Fire Fighters never received a cost of living raise. Is your protection not worth about .25 cents more an hour for a Police Officer? Your Fire Fighters are required to work 56 hours a week protecting your family and property. All they are asking for is. 16 cents an hour. Is this too much to ask for your safety?

CITY OF MORGANTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY PAY SCALE FOR A THREE YEAR EMPLOYEE:

CLASSIFICATION	BASE HOURLY RATE	LONGEVITY PAY	HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY	HOURLY RATE PER HOUR
FIRE FIGHTER	$7.73	$00.05	00.46	$8.24
POLICE OFFICER	$12.35	$00.06	$00.65	$13.06

(fire fighters are required to work a 56 hour average work week)

The City Manager has informed City Council that he has budgeted for a 4% wage increase for all City employees. How this will impact employee hourly rates is shown below:

CLASSIFICATION	BASE HOURLY RATE	LONGEVITY PAY	HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY	HOURLY RATE PER HOUR
FIRE FIGHTER	$8.04	$00.05	$00.48	$8.57
POLICE OFFICER	$12.84	$00.07	$00.67	$13.58

(fire fighters are required to work a 56 hour average work week)

The Fire Fighters and Police Officers have asked for a 6% wage increase from the City of Morgantown. This request would increase wages to the following amounts:

CLASSIFICATION	BASE HOURLY RATE	LONGEVITY PAY	HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY	HOURLY RATE PER HOUR
FIRE FIGHTER	$8.19	$00.05	$00.49	$8.73
POLICE OFFICER	$13.09	$00.07	$00.69	$13.85

(fire fighters are required to work a 56 hour average work week)

Do you want experienced Police Officers and Fire Fighters who are highly motivated and put your safety first? Or would you risk loosing your highly trained professionals to other areas that treat their public servants fairly?

Please attend the public hearing on the proposed budget to be held on Tuesday March 21, 2000. The City Council meeting will start at 7:30 and will be held at City Hall on Spruce Street. Every resident will be given an opportunity to speak at the public hearing. Please take the time to be heard! Please take the time to support our workers! Please take the time to care about these people! Please take the time to call your City Council representative, and to attend the public hearing! This is how Government is supposed to work!

If you want to contact your City Council member before the public hearing you can do so by calling  or sending them a e-mail:

Frank Salucci    292-8082	Tom Bloom 291-5600
Frank Scafella    296-3145	Ron Justice 292-0622
Bill Byrne    291-1328	Theresa Miller 598-2866
Betty McClain     599-5967	City Manager - Dan Boroff -284-7405

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