Firefighters testified about severe pay compression that has already triggered seventeen resignations this year, with trained replacements costing the city roughly $220,000 each.
Seventeen Durham firefighters have resigned this year due to severe pay compression, with trained replacements costing the city roughly $220,000 each, yet firefighters were excluded from the city's newly announced livable wage increases.
City Council approved a $610 million budget with no property tax increase, including 6-8 percent salary raises for most employees and sixteen new firefighter positions, plus $14.3 million dedicated to affordable housing.
Council voted 4-3 to approve a 260-unit development at Carpenter Preserve after resident Miss Wagstaff accused the developer of creating controversy to secure favorable votes.