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Votes at a glance: Wasco council approves bikeway grant application, salary schedule and consent calendar; closed session grants 4% COLA
Summary
The Wasco City Council on June 17 unanimously approved an application to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for bikeway incentives, adopted a salary schedule reflecting a 4% COLA and approved the consent calendar.
The Wasco City Council on June 17 took several unanimous actions during its meeting. Key outcomes:
- Bikeway incentive application (15A): The council adopted a resolution authorizing staff to submit an application to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District's bikeway incentive program to fund bicycle facilities identified in the city's bike master plan. Council members discussed map notations indicating unfinished Class 2 and Class 3 bike lanes and confirmed the resolution would authorize the city manager or designee to execute grant agreements and associated budget adjustments. The council noted the program maximum is up to $150,000 annually per agency; staff said the requested amount will depend on needs.
- Salary schedule and COLA (15B; closed session report): In closed session the council voted unanimously to grant a 4% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to SEIU-represented employees, Wasco Public Police Officers Association employees, unrepresented staff, and the city manager. In open session the council adopted a resolution to publish the city's FY 2025'26 salary schedule for CalPERS compliance reflecting the 4% COLA so pay schedules would be publicly available and to avoid retroactive-pay issues. Staff said the salary-schedule action is a CalPERS requirement and will become effective July 1.
- Consent calendar: The council approved the consent calendar items (11a'11m) in a single unanimous motion.
Votes were taken by roll call and recorded as unanimous for the items listed above; the council did not record any votes against or abstentions on these matters.
(For fuller context and discussion, see related council items in the meeting record: the bikeway-item presentation, the closed-session report on COLA and the separate budget adoption vote.)
