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Grand Prairie council discusses consent item on overtime reimbursement; staff says no automatic rate increase
Summary
During review of the consent agenda, council members asked whether automatic renewals include automatic cost increases. City staff said reimbursements equal 100% of actual overtime costs and the dollar figure in the agenda is an estimate; no fixed amount is tied to the agreement.
Grand Prairie City Council discussed consent agenda item 4, which the agenda described as an agreement with automatic renewals that involves reimbursement for city overtime.
A council member asked whether the agreement includes an automatic increase in the reimbursed amount. A city staff member said there is no automatic increase and that “the amount that they're reimbursing us for the overtime is 100% of our cost. So as our overtime costs go up, we will bill them whatever it costs us.” The staff member described the figure in the agenda as an estimate based on current costs.
When a council member asked whether the same approach would be used next year, the staff member replied, “Correct. There there's not a fixed dollar amount tied to the agreement.”
The exchange occurred during the council's review of items 4 through 11 on the consent agenda. The provided transcript excerpt does not include a formal vote on the consent agenda or a final approval recorded in the excerpt.
The discussion clarified that billed reimbursement will track the city’s overtime costs rather than being a pre-set, annually escalating dollar amount. The agenda estimate is intended to reflect current costs, with actual billing adjusted to match overtime expenses incurred under the agreement.
No statutes, ordinances, or contract numbers were cited in the provided excerpt.
