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City to notify employees of wage‑study placements; labor agreements with police and fire fit within budget
Summary
After incorporating a city wage study into the draft 2026 budget, city administration said it will send personalized letters to employees about their January 1 pay steps once the library board finalizes related decisions; the city also reported it has concluded negotiations with police and fire unions with no negative budget effect.
City Manager Joe Moore told the council Sept. 17 that the draft 2026 budget incorporates the results of a recent wage study and that staff plan to send individual letters to employees indicating their scheduled January 1 salaries.
Moore said the letters are intended to “just eliminate any ambiguity” about pay steps. He asked the council whether staff should proceed; no council member objected to distributing the letters, although…
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