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Ad hoc committee reviews draft compensation ordinance for nonunion Gardner City employees
Summary
Gardner City’s ad hoc compensation proposal committee reviewed a draft ordinance establishing a step-scale pay plan for nonunion employees, examined 3-, 5- and 10-year cost forecasts, and considered comparables provided by Director Morris; no vote or formal action was taken.
Speaker 1, an unidentified committee member, opened the meeting of the ad hoc compensation proposal committee at 6 a.m. Monday and introduced “the creation of a proposed compensation ordinance for nonunion employees,” framing the session as a review of a draft pay plan.
The committee reviewed packet materials that, Speaker 1 said, included “all of the information that was requested at the previous meeting,” including a list of positions to be included and excluded from the proposal, multi‑year financial forecasts and revenue projections tied to the city’s FY 2026 budget proposal. Speaker 1 said the packet also contained salary comparables provided by Director Morris and a proposed ordinance that lays out a step scale for starting pay and progression based on a salary survey.
Committee members discussed key design issues raised in earlier meetings that informed the current draft: the number of years between steps, consistent percentage increases between steps and methods for recognizing prior service credit for employees who previously held positions with the city. Speaker 1 said the current draft contains “a couple of differences” compared with earlier proposals but did not enumerate them during the segment.
No formal motions, votes or formal decisions were recorded in the transcript. The meeting recessed for a brief break after the packet was described and procedural items were handled. The committee did not take final action on the draft ordinance during the recorded segments.
