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These tables, provided to the Wrangell Assembly by the city's finance office during its FY18 budget workshop held last month, indicate the most recent hourly step and grade levels on the wage table for both unionized (top) and non-unionized (bottom) positions. In a decision made on June 20 adopting the city's last best offer to its public utilities union, beginning July 1 the bottom six steps of the upper table will be dropped with three added on at the top at an increase of two percent per step. Employees currently on the bottom six steps would be bumped up to the current Step 7. Taking effect last Saturday, a $0.75 pay increase was also added across the board. IBEW Local 1547 had rejected this offer on June 9, preferring its own proposal, the only difference being a $2.50 increase across the board. Following the end of workers' weeklong strike on June 28, the two parties are back at the negotiating table.