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Council splits on City Administrator review; approves step increase to step 5 after initial recommendation fails
Summary
Council debated moving City Administrator Josh two steps; an initial motion to accept the full recommendation failed, then the council approved a step increase to step 5 by a 3–1 vote.
The City Council debated and took action on a personnel recommendation affecting City Administrator Josh.
The council packet and Speaker 1 outlined a recommendation to move Josh from step 6 of grade 19 (effective Aug. 30, 2024) and to realign annual reviews to January. Councilmember Speaker 7 said he did not support jumping two steps and expressed concern about making an exception to the personnel policy; he said he supported a merit increase but not the full two-step jump.
Speaker 6 moved to approve the recommendation (accepting the step change as proposed) and the motion was seconded, but Speaker 4 later said the motion failed due to lack of majority. Following that, the council considered a separate motion to grant a step increase to step 5; that motion was made and seconded, carried on a recorded voice vote described by Speaker 1 as "3 to 1," and the council instructed staff to implement the step increase accordingly.
The transcript does not show a roll-call with individual yes/no votes by name. The council’s action advances less-than-the-originally-proposed step movement (the approved action raises the administrator to step 5 rather than the two-step increase that some staff had recommended). Speaker 7’s remarks were the most substantive opposition recorded in the meeting.
