At the Aug. 19 meeting the council heard a first reading of an ordinance amending the City of Radcliffe classification and compensation pay plan’s employee strength table.

The proposed changes read into the record would increase the fire department’s authorized and funded strength for captain firefighter from one to two and amend the funded strength for the administrative assistant to the fire chief from one to zero. The building department manager funding was also amended to read one funded position under the economic development planning and building department.

Why it matters: Changes to the city’s classification and compensation plan affect personnel authorizations and budgeting. The council placed the ordinance on first reading; no final vote or adoption occurred.

Next steps: The item will return for further readings per procedural requirements; staff did not record detailed fiscal estimates in the first-reading summary.

Ending: The council did not adopt the ordinance at the meeting and took no formal staffing actions beyond introducing the proposed changes for consideration.