The Dekalb CEO and the commissioners passed what they are
calling a 6% pay raise for first responders and a $3,000.00 retention bonus. They
also are telling the public they want to offer a better retirement.
Here is the truth as to what they are doing, the 6% is not
an actual raise or pay increase it is the covid incentive pay they have been receiving
for the past two years that was given by the Federal Government, not Dekalb
county.
They have done nothing as for better retirements or better
benefits packages, Dekalb still pays more for its insurance than any other
agency in the state, and Dekalb county contributes less than any other County or
City in the State.
The $1,000.00 dollar bonus that Governor Kemp gave to all
first responders in the state of Georgia, still has not been given to the Dekalb
County first responders even though Dekalb received the funds months ago.
Dekalb is letting the money gain interest in an account for the benefits of the
commissioners and CEO.