The Huron City Commission approved increases in the wage scale for seasonal part time summer employees to meet the new minimum wage law approved by voters last November. Human Resource Director Pat Schmidt says Huron hasn’t adjusted wages since 2010…
With approval of a lower, youth minimum wage of seven-50 per hour, Schmidt says a uniform across the board eight-50 wage would be easier to work with….
Commissioner Doug Kludt was in favor of the increase…
Commissioner Gary Harrington also supports the increases….
Mayor Paul Aylward says keeping all wages at the eight-50 mark is simply fair…
The eight-50 minimum wage will add approximately 31-thousand dollars to department budgets. Those funds will have to be supplemented through contingency or surplus funds.