City Manager Lane Bailey on Tuesday told council members preliminary data from a citywide salary study will be used for short-term solutions over pay and benefits in the Salisbury Fire Department.
The city signed a contract with The MAPS Group on Aug. 25 for $40,000 to begin a salary study in November that will take around five months to complete. Once complete, the study should paint a more thorough assessment of the necessary salaries for all ranks and positions across the city’s departments. Earlier this month, Caleb Renner, president of the Salisbury Professional Firefighters Union, told the Post many fire personnel agree a salary study is the best option to more accurately adjust wages, but a “short-term show of good faith” would be more likely to keep some members around for the eventual findings of the study as some were already seeking a move to other departments.