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Assembly reconsiders COLA exclusions but fails to change resolution; previously enacted COLA remains in effect

5030941 · June 16, 2025
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Summary

After hours of debate and a motion to reconsider, the Assembly voted down a proposed amendment to limit future cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) exclusions for certain non-represented employees. The earlier COLA resolution (No. 3,100) remains in effect; Assembly directed HR to do a comprehensive review.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly reopened debate on June 16 about cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for borough employees, then voted to leave the previously adopted COLA resolution in place after a contentious reconsideration and final vote.

Assemblymember Arntzen moved to reconsider the Assemblyvote on a previously adopted resolution that would have excluded certain employees from future FY26-28 COLA adjustments; the motion to reconsider passed. After extended discussion about pay steps, pay-grade…

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