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Paul, your claim, " I do know that step increases are their own line item. So yes, they are not part of an employees salary since salary is salary and step increases are a separate line item, and therefore not part of a salary".
Sorry Paul, you have no idea what you are takling about and clearly have no understanding of the budget.
Back in 2005 all line items in the budget ending with the number 150 contained the "Longevity" budgeted amounts.
For Police I Longevity, the line item 30-120. Police II was 30-121
Firefighter I Longevity was line item 35-122. Figefigheter II was 35-123
Starting in 2006 fiscal year Mayor Avedisian eliminated the line items containing all longevity budgeting. He rolled those amounts into the salary line item for each department calling the expense a "Step Increase" The mayor did this so that it would be more difficult for anyone to deermine how much this benefit is costing taxpayers.
So I will stand corected Paul if you can name the separate line items where employee salary and step increases are currently budgeted.
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