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• Minutes, Regular. Meeting, La Porte City Council October 7, 1981, Page 14 has it ready to present to Council. Hopefully, the entire Council will be here. It will be worked on then, put on the agenda for the following meeting to be acted upon. Lehman: Thank you, sir. One more question,. sir. I thought the City workers were supposed to get a 12 percent raise a year instead of a 7 percent. Anybody know anything about that? Meza: The Council voted for a 7 percent cost of living increase. Lehman: Wasn't there 5 percent on something else? Meza: Merit raise - there is a 5 percent merit raise. Lehman: We11, wouldn't them added together be 12 percent? Westergren: You don't get 12 percent all at one time on merit or longevity. You get the 7 percent at the beginning of the • budget year and the other 5 percent when your year is up or when your merit raise occurs. Lehman: That's fine there, as long as we get .the 12 percent, that's the main thing. Westergren: Merit is one thing; longevity is something else. Skelton: In going over the benefits that the, uh--- Lehman: It's just split different, isn't it? Skelton: I went over the benefits the budget shows for the policemen last night and most of these were in the 15 percent to 16 percent, counting salary and benefits. Westergren: Did you understand what he said? Lehman: Not really. Skelton: I was checking the budget based on this year's versus last year's budget, checking for salary and benefits and most of them in the 800 category were 15 percent to 16 percent for all the benefits that you get. That includes insurance, for you and your spouse, vacation, all the bene- fits that you get .from the City of La Porte. I thought it • was very good. I'd like to see you have more, but well--