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Brentwood approves updated compensation schedule, moves patrol officers to higher pay grade
Summary
The Brentwood Board of Aldermen adopted an updated employee compensation schedule and approved an amendment moving police patrol officers from pay grade U16 to U17 in a 7–1 vote, with officials noting budget modeling, CPI choices and potential 2027 impacts.
The Brentwood Board of Aldermen on Sept. 3 adopted an updated city employee compensation schedule and approved an amendment moving police patrol officers from pay grade U16 to U17.
City finance staff said the updated schedule reflects new modeling choices and refined revenue estimates. Eric, presenting the schedule, said the board’s decision to use a five‑year consumer price index (3.94%) rather than the three‑year CPI (2.7%) increased projected salary costs and that revised assumptions about tax increment financing (TIF) payoff raised estimated revenues. He said the city’s three‑to‑year budget projection still shows a net surplus through 2027 but that moving patrol officers to U17 creates a modeled deficit in 2027 of “about $70,000.”
Alderman Plovka moved to amend the compensation schedule to move patrol officers from grade U16 to U17. The motion passed 7–1 on roll call. The board’s action converted Bill 6525.1 into ordinance number 5153.
The city attorney advised that adopting a compensation range is a policy decision for the board and that appropriating funds or using particular revenue sources to pay increases is a separate budgetary action. “The question of using EDST funds is a budget decision to be made at the time the budget is adopted,” the city attorney said. Board members discussed that making pay increases retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024 would require identifying funding, which staff said would likely require a budget amendment.
Board members questioned the revenue assumptions behind the budget model. Alderman Plovka asked whether recent TIF collections — some active for less than a year — supported the projected increases. Staff responded that revenues and TIF projections had been presented conservatively to the Ways and Means committee and that some past economic development sales tax (EDST) projections had been exceeded.
The ordinance as adopted establishes the revised compensation schedule and provides for retroactivity or budget adjustments to be addressed in subsequent budget actions. The board did not vote on specific funding sources at the meeting; officials said funding steps would be considered during the budget process.
The board’s next regular meeting will take up second readings for other items previously introduced.
