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Placerville council approves staff training, new community services roles and retroactive salary adjustments
Summary
Council approved city-funded training for two employees, new community services job descriptions and a retroactive cost-of-living adjustment for select employee groups; staff said the measures aim to improve succession planning and operational efficiency.
City staff asked the council to approve three human-resources items: funding for employee participation in a leadership program, updated job classifications in community services, and a retroactive salary schedule.
City Manager Morris recommended sending two employees to the Greater Sacramento Valley Leadership Academy for the 2025–26 program year at a total cost of $4,800, with the appropriation funded from NCCSIF risk management reserve funds. Morris said the academy provides monthly sessions over several months and requires each participating city to provide a coach.
City staff also presented new job descriptions for Community Services Manager and Assistant Director of Community Services and described an organizational review that used Lean Six Sigma techniques to identify process efficiencies and align talent with workloads. The staff member who presented that item said the changes would improve turnaround time on projects and reduce “downtime” in internal processes. The council approved the new job descriptions.
Finance Director Warren presented a revised salary schedule to apply a 1% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) retroactive to July 5, 2025 for regular non-sworn employees consistent with a Local 39 agreement, and a 2% COLA for regular sworn executive positions consistent with the police association agreement. Warren said the total projected annual cost for the combined COLAs is $120,773 for fiscal year 2025–26 and that a revised page correcting the police chief salary was distributed at the dais.
Each of the three items was adopted on roll-call votes: the leadership academy attendance (two employees) and funding, the new community services job descriptions, and the retroactive salary schedule adjustments.
