(KLZA)-- A wage increase for Pawnee City employees was approved Monday night during the City Council meeting.

Mayor Deb Klein cast the deciding vote again on the proposal to increase the wages one dollar per hour. Council members Ric Helms and John Dahlgren cast nay votes. Council members Charlie Hatfiled and Sandi Corbitt-Sears voted yes, leaving the Mayor to break the tie vote.

This was the third and final reading on the wage proposal.