PF council to mull salary increases
POST FALLS - The Post Falls City Council will consider salary increases to four positions tonight at 6.
The council will also hear an update on the unsettled East Post Falls Urban Renewal District's termination date tonight before holding a joint workshop with the Urban Renewal Agency on the proposed Idaho Veneer URD on Thursday at 7 a.m. at the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce, 201 E. Fourth Ave.
City Administrator Eric Keck said the salary bumps are a result of last year's reorganization and an increase in responsibilities.
The proposals include increasing the maintenance manager's salary from $29.06 to $31.97 per hour; changing a maintenance custodian position to assistant facilities maintenance supervisor and increasing the wage from $11.63 to $12.79; increasing the wage of the animal shelter manager from $11.26 to $12.38; and bumping the wage of the payroll coordinator from $17.23 to $17.74 per hour.
Keck said the raises can be covered within the existing budget for fiscal year 2011.
The changes would take effect Oct. 1. A salary freeze remains in effect for the rest of the staff.
The East Post Falls URD item is a carryover from a month ago when there was a discrepancy in the district's termination date.
"(Attorney) Jerry Mason has been examining the record from when the district was extended and has found that there are three different dates of approval," Keck said.
The council will be updated on the research.
"No decisions are going to be sought on Tuesday as the matter has not been fully researched as of yet," Keck said.
The 469-acre district in the Highway 41 corridor was created in 2002 and its termination date was originally thought to be 2015.
The Idaho Veneer URD proposal is another ongoing subject.
The council last month decided to table the item and hold a joint workshop with the urban renewal agency after it was unclear how large the district just east of the city center would be.
The Malloy family, which owns the longtime business, has said the lumber business is struggling like many others and that a future mixed-use development is the best use for the property.
There are currently six active URDs in Post Falls.
In most urban renewal districts, a proponent or developer will use its own funds to install public infrastructure in areas that have been "deteriorated."
The incremental taxes that are paid based on the higher assessed values after development are remitted to the URA and are, in turn, paid back to the proponent/developer for cost reimbursement for such infrastructure.