Farmington increases pay for three city workers

Raises for city employees were granted at Monday night’s Farmington City Council meeting.

City Superintendent Brian Oliver’s salary was raised from $12.50 to $13 per hour while city water maintenance worker Todd Lobdell went from $300 per month to $11.67 an hour. City Clerk/Treasurer Barb Dial-Flomer’s salary was lifted from $13.50 an hour to $15.05 per hour.

The first up for discussion was Oliver’s.

“The mayor has nothing to say about what city employees make,” said Mayor Ron Dugan, indicating that matters of town salaries are designated by the city council. “You raise it 50 cents, that’s $65...