South Palm Beach nonunion employees would get a $1,500 bonus and perhaps a cost-of-living increase under a $1.7 million budget proposed by Town Manager Rex Taylor.
In a budget message, Taylor asked council members to consider cost-of-living raises for all employees during budget discussions. A workshop is planned for August but no date has been set.
Under their union contract, police will receive a $1,000 bonus in the new budget beginning Oct. 1. They received $1,500 bonuses this year. Council members set a tentative tax rate for the next budget year at $3.42 for each $1,000 of taxable property value, the same as this year’s. The rate can be reduced, but not increased, during budget discussions.
Final public hearings on the budget are scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 10 and Sept. 24.
— Tim O’Meilia
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