Council approves pay increases for janitorial, crossing guards and broom operator; plans salary study

Milford City Council approved immediate pay adjustments for several stipend and part-time positions and agreed to study broader salary-scale changes later in the budget cycle. Staff recommended increasing janitorial pay from $500 to $800 per month (or paying hourly with timecards), raising crossing guards from $12.50 to $15 per shift, and increasing the broom operator’s pay by $1/hour.

Councilmembers said the positions deserve raises given recent timekeeping and workload; the council motion implemented the increases and instructed staff to pursue a salary study to be completed in six to eight months and to consider adding the broom operator to the city's salary schedule. The council discussed paying janitorial staff hourly when event-driven cleaning increases demand, or keeping a flat monthly stipend with supplemental payments for extra cleans; staff suggested a flat $50 supplement for event cleans would complicate payroll, so the hourly option was left open.

The motion passed with a second and council directed staff to include the raises in current budgets where possible and to prepare recommendations for the salary study period.