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Council hears personnel-cost pressures: wages, insurance spikes and pension/OPEB positions
Summary
City Manager Stewart told council that personnel costs are stable in the near term but flagged a 3% police raise, proposed 3.1% nonunion increase, a roughly 20% jump in insurance costs, and the city's funded status for OPEB and pensions.
City Manager Stewart briefed the council on personnel and benefits costs during the April 21 budget workshop, noting near-term wage proposals and mounting insurance and benefit pressures.
Stewart said police contract raises of 3% are included in the draft budget and staff proposes a 3.1% increase for nonunion employees, which matches the state inflation measure used in recent years. "Our police contracts have…
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