Indy City Council approves massive pay raise for next mayor. Is city worker pay to follow?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : DPW said in the proposed 2025 budget, the Office of Finance and Management is eyeing a health care cost increase, a 2.9% general salary increase for all non-union employees and a baseline assumption for union employee increases once salary negotiations are finalized.
50% : Democratic council member Ron Gibson, meeting with municipal employees from the AFSCME Local No. 725 in a Department of Public Works street resurfacing demo last week, said public street workers were past due for a raise.

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