Non-Union City Employees may get Same Pay Raises as Union Workers

If approved by , non-union city employees will see the same pay rate increases during the next three years as the city's union employees.

Council will consider tonight the general compensation plan for city employees who work in positions that aren't members in one of Kent's six public employee unions. The positions include department heads and other staff but not the city manager, who last year in light of .

The general compensation plan calls for no pay raise in 2012 and is followed by a recommended 1 percent pay increase in 2013 and a 2 percent pay increase in 2014. It's the same pay scale council already approved for t.

Tonight's discussion will take place in a council committee meeting with a follow-up vote later this month.