Jay Lowe on City Employees

Considering we are a "City Lite" many services can and very well should be sub-contracted, therefore, the need for full time employees would be limited to a City Manager, a City Clerk and administrative support.  All would be extremely important to the foundation of our new city.

I would not support a pension plan (Defined Benefit) for city employees but would consider offering a Defined Contribution plan.  One that the employee could contribute and we could match up to a certain percentage.  To retain good employees we must be competitive with the private sector.  Offering comparable benefits package to what one would expect in the private sector would be appropriate. 

In my experience with hiring hundreds of employees, I can assure you that a happy and appropriately compensated employee pays immediate dividends, both tangible and intangible.