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Council approves 2026 pay plan; city administrator contract approved after executive sessions
Summary
Council approved a 2026 pay plan that includes a 2.5% COLA recommendation and step movements with an estimated cost just under $450,000. After several executive sessions and an initial failed vote, the council later approved the city administrator's contract by roll call 4–2.
The Andover City Council approved the 2026 employee pay plan after a staff presentation. Human Resources explained the pay structure updates resulting from a 2024 pay study by the Arnold Group and recommended a 2.5% cost‑of‑living adjustment for 2026. The plan retains longevity steps and step movements worth between 1% and 3% per step, and staff estimated the total cost to the city at just under $450,000, including approximately $21,000 associated with overtime. The average annual increase for employees was listed at $3,816; the range of individual increases was presented as roughly $1,300 to $6,500.
Council moved to approve the pay plan to be effective on the first paycheck in January 2026; the motion carried unanimously.
Later in the meeting, the council recessed several times into executive session under KSA 75‑4319(b)(1) to discuss personnel matters. A motion early in the sequence to approve the city administrator contract was recorded and failed (roll‑call votes showed more 'nay' responses than 'aye' on that attempt). The council returned to executive session and after subsequent discussion took a roll‑call vote that approved the city administrator contract with a recorded 4–2 result. The meeting record shows individual roll‑call responses for both the failed attempt and the later successful vote.
