Decade of staff expansion, reduction in pay budgets from FY 2024

Hyattsville proposes adding over 20 new approved positions in FY 2025, but average pay budget drops on a per-employee basis

Between 2016 and 2024, Hyattsville added over 50 new staff positions, and the original fiscal year 2025 budget book proposes adding another 21.5 new full-time equivalent roles (FTE), bringing the total proposed staff count to 184, not including the mayor, city council, and election board members.  The police and public works departments, which have the …