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From:Dave Miles
Sent:Tuesday, July 8, 2025 3:27 PM
To:Christopher Hyer; Chris Hyer
Cc:Mayor Office Feedback; citycouncil; Clerks Comment; Todd Lavoie
Subject:RE: Request for Mayor and Council
Chris – see below
Dave Miles | Chief of Staff
City of Meridian | Mayor’s Office
33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642
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From: Christopher Hyer <christopherhyer31@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 11:02 AM
To: Chris Hyer <chrishyer31@yahoo.com>
Cc: Mayor Office Feedback <MayorOfficeFeedback@meridiancity.org>; citycouncil <citycouncil@meridiancity.org>; Dave
Miles <dmiles@meridiancity.org>; Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>
Subject: Re: Request for Mayor and Council
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Dear Dave,
I do have one more question about the budget breakdown. I went back and watched the council
meetings and saw comments about high level allocation of the levy, but after thinking about the
numbers, I had a couple of questions for the sake of allocation and transparency .
1. I believe the numbers I heard about retaining 13 firefighters after the federal grant expires at $2.3
million means each firefighter has a compensation package of $177,000/yr? Is this accurate? Is that
number consistent with current compensation packages? Your math is very close to the $180K that the
City estimated will be needed to cover the costs associated with each of the 13 firefighters, including all
compensation and benefit costs as outlined in the Collective Labor Agreement and City Policy.
2. The $2.1 million number for police pay works out to a raise of $14,685 per police office (149 officers) or
$10,880 if you include officers and professional staff. I know not every police officer has the same
compensation (nor would receive the same retention pay), but this seems to equate to an average 15%
annual (compensation package) raise for most officers. Is there a place where we can see how this $2.1
million will be allocated and spent? $2.1 million covers all costs associated with not only Salary, but also
benefits and compensation requirements (such as taxes and PERSI). As you stated, all sworn officers
are paid at different rates and will be different per sworn officer, and the City calculated the cost
increase to be at 9%.
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Thank you,
Chris
On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM Chris Hyer <chrishyer31@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Dave,
Thank you for the information. I appreciate the detail and timely response.
Best,
Chris
On Monday, July 7, 2025 at 11:15:24 AM MDT, Dave Miles <dmiles@meridiancity.org> wrote:
Christopher,
Thank you for reaching out and asking your questions about prosecution services and funding of various
services identified. The current levy breakdown for costs is roughly $2.34M for firefighter expenses, $2.17M
for police salaries, and $500K for prosecution services. Council does have the ability to adjust a levy proposal
prior to placing any levy on the ballot.
The prosecution services proposed would bring eight prosecution staff on board. Currently, there are no
prosecution staff on City staff. These services today are contracted with the City of Boise.
Sincerely,
Dave Miles | Chief of Staff
City of Meridian | Mayor’s Office
33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: (208) 489-0532|Fax: (208) 884-8119
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From: ChristopherHyer31@gmail.com <ChristopherHyer31@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 7, 2025 10:50 AM
To: Mayor Office Feedback <MayorOfficeFeedback@meridiancity.org>; citycouncil
<citycouncil@meridiancity.org>
Subject: Request for Mayor and Council
Name: Christopher Hyer
Email: ChristopherHyer31@gmail.com
Address: 2018 E Redwick Ct, , Meridian, ID, 83646, US
Subject: New Levy question
Message: After listening to the new levy proposal, I see that the levy request is for supplemental pay for police, retaining
13 firefighters after a federal grant expires, but the third ask; the creation of a prosecution office is very vague. How
many prosecutors does the city currently have, and how many more prosecutors are they looking to add based on this
levy? This component of the levy is very vague. Is this intentional? Can it be removed if there is not a need there? What
percentage of the levy will be used for each of the three requests?
Thank you,
Chris
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