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Council approves power-rate increase, budget and several administrative items
Summary
Spring City Council approved a three‑year change to retail power rates, adopted the 2025–26 budget and approved several administrative items including the justice court salary and employee compensation adjustments at its regular meeting.
Spring City Council members voted on a package of administrative measures at their June meeting, adopting changes to power rates and finalizing the city budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
The council approved a three‑year adjustment to the city’s retail power rates and continued the Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) mechanism to let staff track monthly electricity costs. The change was presented as part of an effort to restore the city’s utility reserve after past losses. The resolution was listed as Resolution 2025‑04 in meeting materials and passed unanimously.
Council members also approved the municipal budget for fiscal year 2025–26 (resolution/reference in packet as 2025‑06) after a public hearing and an ordinance fixing compensation and benefits discussed earlier in the meeting. The council set the part‑time justice court judge’s annual pay at $8,250 ($687.50 per month) based on the administrative office of the courts’ workload calculation; that measure passed unanimously.
The council approved employee compensation adjustments that the packet described as a 10% cost‑of‑living adjustment across listed positions and targeted increases for the police chief and recorder. That motion passed with one recorded abstention (Marty McCain).
The council awarded the transportation master plan contract to Jones & DeMille Engineers (see separate article) and approved routine administrative items including the May financial report, payment of bills, and minutes from the May 8 meeting.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Resolution (power rates, PCA) — Motion to adopt: not specified in the record; Vote: unanimous (Randy Strait yes; Marty McCain yes; Jen Pruitt yes; Courtney [name recorded as Stone/Chen] yes). - Justice court judge salary — Motion to set annual salary $8,250: passed unanimously. - Employee compensation ordinance (10% COLA + targeted increases) — Motion to approve: passed; Marty McCain recorded an abstention. - 2025–26 budget adoption — Motion to adopt: passed unanimously. - Award transportation master plan contract to Jones & DeMille Engineers — Motion to award: passed unanimously. - Financial report, payment of bills, minutes — Motions to approve: passed unanimously.
No final action was taken at the meeting to change the draft multifamily cap in the zoning ordinance; planning and zoning recommended lowering the cap from 5% to 3%, and council discussion took place (see separate article). The draft ordinance remained on the posted schedule for a public hearing later in June.
