City's pending pay period change, explained

City's pending pay period change, explained

Zach White

When employees of the city came to Tuesday night's Havre City Council meeting, a number of questions, many unanswered, about an upcoming pay period shift sabotaged the meeting's usual brevity. However, Deputy Clerk Annette Swinney, who handles the city's payroll, has those answers.

The change

As it is now, the city's pay periods end on the 15th and last day of every month.

Checks are distributed the next day, on the 16th and 1st.

When these checks come out on a weekend, they are distributed the previous workday, including this last pay...