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Columbia City council advances 2026 salary ordinance with targeted pay-range and benefits edits
Summary
Council approved first reading of Ordinance 2025-21 adjusting 2026 pay ranges, including changes to GIS coordinator max, seasonal parks minimum from 12 to 10, added quartermaster duties, and clarifications to holiday-pay and benefits language; staff said hours corrections will be updated before second reading.
Columbia City’s common council advanced its 2026 salary ordinance on first reading on Nov. 12, approving several targeted changes to job classifications, pay ranges and benefits language.
City staff presenting Ordinance 2025-21 said the update rewrites several ranges and clarifies benefits. ‘‘So, for example, the GIS coordinator… I put the whole thing in red,’’ the staff presenter said while walking through edits to…
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