The City of Durham is holding its final of four
meeting to get the public’s opinion on issues important to them in the upcoming budget.
Tuesday’s meeting is virtual and scheduled to
.
A Durham spokesperson said between 75 and 100 people have attended the previous meetings and topics at those meetings have ranged from affordable housing to public safety.
The gathering comes after tense moments in the Bull City, which brought one city service to a standstill.
Firefighters and sanitation workers
have been some of the strongest voices in pushing for wage increases.
Sanitation workers ended up
walking off the job in September
. More than 88,000 households were impacted.
City leaders had to turn to contractors to handle some trash pickup duties.
Eventually, workers returned to the job and they, among other city employees, were given a one-time bonus ranging from $500 to $5,000 based on salary.
City workers rallied for better wages again two weeks ago on MLK day and asked specifically for workers to make at least $25 an hour.