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Council approves 3.2% cost‑of‑living adjustment for non‑bargaining employees, retroactive to July 1
Summary
The Grants Pass City Council authorized a 3.2% cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) for management, supervisory and confidential non‑bargaining employees, effective retroactively to July 1, citing the October 2024 CPI‑U and a $270,481 cost impact included in the FY26 budget.
The Grants Pass City Council voted to authorize a 3.2% cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) for management, supervisory and confidential non‑bargaining employees, to be applied retroactively to July 1, 2025.
City attorney/HR counsel Stephanie Nagel presented the resolution and told council the adjustment is based on the October 2024 CPI‑U of 3.2 percent. “The resolution before you tonight would authorize the city manager to adjust the current management supervisory and confidential non bargaining employee salary schedules by the CPIU of 3.2% from October 2024, and that that would be applied retroactively to 07/01/2025,” Nagel said.
Nagel said the cost implication is approximately $270,481 and that the salary adjustments had been included in the FY 25‑26 budget; councilors asked whether a broader compensation and classification package could be phased in over time. Nagel responded that phasing for a larger compensation/classification package would be possible, but said the current resolution was to implement the COLA while staff continued to work on the full package.
After brief discussion, Councilor Seth moved to approve the resolution authorizing the COLA; the motion passed on a unanimous roll call. Council asked staff to continue work on a full compensation and classification review and to return with options for phased implementation if council prefers.
