Employee Compensation Proposal Presented to City Council

Since 2017, the City of Sheridan has experienced an employee turnover rate of between 10 and 15 percent each year. City Human Resources Director Heather Doke said last year 18 employees left the City for a better paying job. In an effort to retain and recruit employees, the City is contemplating an employee compensation proposal. Doke provided details of the proposal at a City Council study session Monday night.

Doke explained the cost that would be incurred if the City Council approves the proposal as presented.

Doke said that so far this year, eight employees have either left or given notice, three of which retired, while the rest left for either better pay or better benefits. The City Council is expected to consider the employee compensation proposal at their regularly scheduled business meeting next week.