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POLICE
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Council
Contributed photo/GCCISD
Blanca Capetiilo, right, principal at James Bowie Elementary School, shows fourth grade student Jovan Lazo, left, and
first-grader Joel Salinas to their classrooms as their mother, Lizeth Lazo, helps them carry their school supplies forthe first
day of school Monday at GCCISD-,
Contributed photos/GCCISD
Kamron Newton,(above), a third grade student,
shows off his new backpack Monday as he and
his mother, Jasmine Newton, wait for the doors
of De Zavala Elementary School to open on the
first day of the school year in Goose Creek CISD.
Erica Navejar, (left in photo at left), principal
at Horace Mann Junior School, shows eighth-
grade students Jordan Alberti-George, left,
and Elysha Lecinski, some changes to the bell
schedule on the first day of school Monday for
Goose Creek CISD.
BY ELESKA AUBESPIN
eleska.aubespin@baytownsun.com
f | ^ he Baytown City Council has
decided to wait until their Sept.
I 12 meeting to take action on
-A- a proposed 2013-2014 bud-
get because they want more money to
go towards non-civil service employee
raises,
Council members could have voted
last Thursday on the $162 million bud-
get, but declined to do so after much
discussion among themselves and a
public hearing.
Councilmen Mercedes Renteria III,
Brandon Capetiilo, Terry Sain and Rob-
ert Hoskins all echoed disappointment
over not being able to give more money
to more city employees.
Renteria even called the proposal a
“slap in the face to all non-civil service
workers," stressing that all along, he has
asked that employees get across-the-
board raises.
“If I have to, I will vote against this
whole budget because I believe it is
only fair and just that this pay raise goes
across the board to everyone. If the po-
lice and fire departments can get sala-
ry raises, we can give the dog catcher a
raise,” Renteria said to applause.
While disappointed, Capetiilo under-
stood there is a limit to what is available.
“1 am disappointed that we can’t com-
pensate you for what you deserve, for
what you’ve earned,” Capetiilo said. “I
recently asked about how many people
can we get to minimal market, but that
dollar figure just isn’t within reach. But
I know we will do the most we can.”
Nai Mongello with the Public Works
Department said the city budget propos-
al is disappointing to non-civil service
employees.
“I find it ironic that my fellow cowork-
ers in public works wear gray shirts.
We have visitors and citizens who sing
our praises but we hear next to nothing
when it comes to raises,” Mongello said
during Thursday’s public hearing.
"Thus like our shirts, we fall into some
type of gray area,” she added. “We have
been told, depending on your actions,
we may receive some sort of hybrid, 1
percent across-the-board raises so we
don’t lose money in light of the increase
in insurance costs.”
According to the proposed budget, be-
tween 10 and 15 percent of all non-civ-
il service employees could receive an
additional small percentage in raises,
conditional of how far below the market
any one position may be.
SEE COUNCIL • PAGE 10
Casa Linda Apartment complex demolished
property was vacant of resi-
dents, 30 days to secure the
structure, 30 days to secure
financing for the repairs, 45
days to submit an engineer-
ing study to show current
conditions of the buildings,
and 45 days to submit plans
for repairs and renovations.
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