Polk County News
2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 16, 2015
Foggin to see
salary increase
Dedication of ‘Del’s Bell’
Dallas city manager to get 2.5
percent more for job well done
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — City Manager
Ron Foggin received a posi-
tive review and a raise fol-
lowing his annual evalua-
tion by the Dallas City
Council.
The council approved
his review and the 2.5 per-
c e n t
“merit in-
crease” in
pay at its
Dec. 7
meeting.
“ W e
thought
he had
Foggin
done very
well,” said Council Presi-
dent Jim Fairchild.
Merit increases are based
on performance, and all
city employees are eligible
for up to 4 percent increase
on annual evaluations until
they reach the top in their
salary range, said City
Recorder Emily Gagner.
Fairchild said Foggin was
given close to what other
city employees earning
merit raises had received
this year.
In addition, all non-rep-
resented city employees,
which includes Foggin, re-
ceived a 2.3 percent cost-of-
living-adjustment in July as
part of the 2015-16 budget.
Foggin also received a
small boost in his car al-
lowance, bringing that to
$6,600 per year and the
severance clause in Fog-
gin’s contract was amended
to nine months paid salary.
Foggin’s salary, after the
2.5 increase, is $11,682.66
per month.
Government
The vote to approve the
pay increase, car allowance
and severance compensa-
tion was not unanimous.
Councilor Micky Garus
voted “no.”
Foggin was hired in late
2012. This is his third re-
view.
In 2014, he received a 2.5
percent merit increase, and
the year before that, he was
given a 2 percent boost in
pay.
“He’s done a good job,”
Fairchild said. “And every-
body is happy that he is
here and not somewhere
else.”
In other business, the
council:
• Approved having city
staff draft an ordinance to
include deer in its wild ani-
mal ordinance. Fairchild
said the city has been get-
ting a number of com-
plaints about people feed-
ing deer, making them ag-
gressive. Adding deer to the
ordinance will make it ille-
gal to feed them.
“We added deer because
they are becoming a chal-
l e n g e a r o u n d h e re,”
Fairchild said.
• Canceled its Dec. 21
meeting. The next regularly
scheduled meeting with be
on Jan. 4.
Above: Delbert Fredricks, center, was surprised Friday
when Dallas Fire & EMS dedicated its new fire bell in
honor of his 64 years of service to the department.
Here, volunteer firefighter Mike Bollman, left, and Dave
Pedersen, fire chaplain, tell stories about Fredricks’
dedication to the department.
Right: Fire Chief Fred Hertel also received a surprise, a
mini fire truck, during Friday’s dedication of the depart-
ments new entry way and fire bell.
Several individuals and businesses donated time and
money to the project, including Boy Scout Troop No.
288 and Eagle Scout Breydn Banford, the Banford fam-
ily, Liberty Concrete, Ewing Irrigation and Landscape
Supply, JB Instant Lawn and Nursery, DC Electric, Cathy
and Larry Dunlap and the city of Dallas.
JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer
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