This will be an excellent opportunity for the city to finally recognize the importance of longevity. Scott Hugill and HR do not appreciate the importance of retaining experienced employees. Public works employees have been told ” If you don’t like it there’s the door” The amount of employees lost since he became City Manager is staggering. Exit interviews are denied. And I’m also sure that council members never received letters that employees have tried to get to them. Retaliation is too common to attempt going to a council meeting to ask council if they are aware of the environment that employees are subjected to.
I can only see good coming out of his resignation for lower end paid employees. Scott Hugill and his other high end salary winners were given more than twice of the percentage wage increase than PW/Park’s, and others at City Hall and police. Primarily mostly Union employees.
All these employees came to work every day during the pandemic. Even if the work could be achieved from home but you were affiliated with any of these departments than you were denied the option. Yet, the highest wage increases were given to the high wage earners that worked from home.