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Council debates pay‑study rollout, COLA and merit structure as staff proposes a $2.2M implementation
Summary
Council discussed a staff‑completed pay study, proposed implementation costs and how to combine pay‑study adjustments with COLA/merit; staff proposed implementation in the FY25‑26 budget and offered to provide the full study and position‑level impacts to council for review.
Councilmembers pressed staff for more detail on a recently completed pay study and how the city plans to implement the consultant’s recommendations. CFO Laura Storrs told council the pay study offered recommended minimums for job classifications and that staff proposed bringing employees below those minimums up to the new minimums. Storrs said the proposed one‑time cost to implement pay‑study adjustments is about $2,200,000 (annualized cost including benefits).
Council members expressed two recurring concerns: (1)…
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