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Council hears plan to move staff pay toward market median, police step program and several staffing requests
Summary
The draft budget includes a 50th‑percentile pay adjustment, a 2.7% COLA, a proposed police step program and multiple department headcount requests; staff cautioned the city cannot afford seven new officers in a single year.
City staff told council the draft 2026 budget prioritizes reducing salary inequities by moving job pay scales toward the 50th percentile, adding a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment and proposing a police step-pay program.
Finance/budget staff member Jennifer said the budget "includes, moving all staff to the fiftieth percentile" and added there is a proposed 2.7% COLA. On the police side, staff proposed a step program developed from a prior CBIZ compensation study; the step program would provide set annual increases by years of service rather than merit-based percent increases.…
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