Iola City Council members will discuss proposed adjustments to the city’s pay scale at their meeting Monday night.
Iola’s most recent wage study was completed in 2014, and instituted over a subsequent three-year span.
City officials have once again conducted a citywide review, visiting with department heads about evaluating positions, and comparing Iola’s rates with nearby municipalities.
Also on the agenda Monday is a discussion about collaborating with Thrive Allen County to seek grants that would fund an extension of the MoPac Trail. The aim is to extend the trail — which already connects the Prairie Spirit Trail to downtown and Iola High School — to the east edge of Iola, and along the new Iola Elementary School site.
Monday’s meeting, at the New Community Building at Riverside Park, will be the first meeting fully open to the public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March.
Since then, public participation has been limited, with the meetings broadcast live via Facebook. Monday’s meeting will still be shown live, and recorded for later viewings via YouTube.
