Politics & Government

Mistake Made in Fire Fighters' Retro Pay

Mayor Dawn Zimmer provided an update to the city website.

Mayor Dawn Zimmer, in an update on the city website, announced that a mistake has been made in calculating the . 

"The calculation for retroactive pay for our firefighters was very complicated and was done incorrectly. We made a mistake and all efforts are being made to redo the calculations and resolve the error as quickly as possible," Zimmer wrote on the site. 

While not going into detail, the accounting error has been fixed, said spokesman Juan Melli on Wednesday night. He said he didn't know how how much the difference was. 

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Some firefighters got too little, while some got too much pay. The issue will be resolved when the next checks go out, he said.

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