Natchez city aldermen on Tuesday approved pay raises for 10 municipal employees, bringing the affected workers’ annual salaries to a range of roughly $36,000 to $65,000.
During the meeting aldermen did not publicly name the employees. Instead, council members recited employee ID numbers while voting to approve the new salaries. No effective date for the raises was announced at the meeting.
Mayor Dan Gibson said the raises were intended, in part, to correct past inconsistencies in compensation — noting some employees had been left out of raises given to others in previous years. He also emphasized the need to keep pay competitive for essential-service positions that could be attracted away by higher wages elsewhere.
City officials provided no additional details about which departments or job titles were affected.
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