2003 pay cuts violate city charter

[MichaelC]

From KTUL

quote:Tulsa - When city workers were forced to take a pay cut in 2003 to help the City of Tulsa meet its budget, it was a violation of the city charter, a Tulsa County Judge ruled Thursday.

All city employees except police and firefighters had their pay reduced by 4-point-7 percent in a series of two cuts ordered by former mayor Bill LaFortune to help the city that was facing a budget shortfall.

In a lawsuit brought by more than a dozen workers in the Public Works Department, Judge Deborah Shallcross ordered the city to reinstate the wages paid to the 13 employees who brought the lawsuit.

Mayor Kathy Taylor hasn't seen the lawsuit, but says she'll have it analyzed by her staff.