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Urbana City Council places multiple salary ordinances for second reading
Summary
At its Feb. 4 regular meeting, the Urbana City Council placed a set of ordinances on second reading that set pay ranges for several city positions, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2027; the measures set ranges rather than individual salaries and require later administrative assignment within those ranges.
The Urbana City Council on Feb. 4 placed a package of salary ordinances on second reading that set pay ranges for several city positions, including the fire chief, assistant fire chief, police lieutenant and several department directors. The council did not adopt final salaries; it approved ranges the administration will use to set pay.
City counsel told the council the ordinances establish ranges rather than fixed salaries and are intended to give administration flexibility when hiring or setting pay. Staff member Carrie outlined specific adjustments for central staff, saying the central-staff package includes a 1.5% market-rate adjustment plus a 4% increase in year one and 5% increases in years two and three.
Councilmember Gary moved the central-staff ordinance to the floor; other ordinances were placed on second reading by motions from council members during the meeting. For each ordinance the council declared a second reading; no final adoption or roll-call approval of any salary ordinance occurred at the meeting.
Ordinances placed on second reading (as described in meeting materials and staff remarks): - Ordinance 4397-25 — Establishes salary and benefits range for the fire chief; effective date language cited as Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2027; staff said there were no substantive changes other than the range. (Specific pay-range figures not specified in the transcript.) - Ordinance 4398-25 — Establishes salary and benefits range for assistant fire chief; staff cited a range of $95,000 to $118,000. - Ordinance 4399-25 — Establishes salary and benefits for central staff employees; staff described the effective-date revisions and pay-table adjustments and the market-rate plus multi-year percentage increases described above. - Ordinance 4400-25 — Establishes salary and benefits for police (general police pay table referenced in packet); specific range not clearly stated in the transcript and is therefore not specified here. - Ordinance 4401-25 — Establishes salary and benefits for police lieutenant; staff cited a range of $95,000 to $118,000. - Ordinance 4405-25 — Establishes salary and benefits for director of administration; salary range details in the transcript were not clearly stated and are not specified here. - Ordinance 4406-25 — Establishes salary and benefits for director of finance; staff referenced an adjusted salary range in meeting remarks, but the transcript wording was unclear; specific figures are not specified here. - Ordinance 4407-25 — Establishes salary and benefits for another director position (transcript: "director blah"); staff indicated an effective-date range of Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2027; specific pay-range figures are not specified in the transcript.
Why it matters: By approving ranges, the council gives city administration authority to place incumbents or new hires at appropriate points within those bands. City counsel emphasized that approving a range is not the same as setting a specific salary; administration will assign actual pay within the council-approved range.
Next steps: Each ordinance remains at second reading and will return to the council for further readings or final action on a later date. The meeting record does not show final adoption of any of the ordinances at the Feb. 4 session.
