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Council adopts corrections and job title changes to non‑represented salary schedule, staff say net savings of roughly $21,000
Summary
Council voted to replace an appendix that contained a clerical salary error and to amend job titles and assignments in finance and public works; staff said the changes produce net staffing savings and do not require a budget amendment.
The Mountlake Terrace City Council on Tuesday adopted an ordinance correcting a clerical error in the city's non‑represented salary appendix and approved several position title and assignment changes in the finance and public works departments.
Human Resources Manager Lauren Hagstrom told council the appendix had inadvertently reflected an extra 3.5% inflation at each salary step; “Appendix A was not linked to the individual department budget tables calculating the COLA,” she said, and the error was identified before payroll was affected. The city will repeal and replace Appendix A to show the corrected 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment that the council previously approved.
Hagstrom explained proposed position changes in…
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