PLANT CITY, Fla. — Plant City is seeing a big population boom, and local leaders are aiming to grow the workforce by providing pay increases to city staff.
City Manager Bill McDaniel said the pay increases are needed to remain competitive with surrounding cities. The raises not only help with employee recruitment, but they also help to retain the workers currently on the city’s payroll.
“We’re not just expanding the workforce because there’s an increase in the population,” McDaniel said. “We maintain a very effective ratio, very efficient ratio so that the citizens are getting the best possible bang for the dollar they invest in their government services.”…