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Grants Pass council directs staff to run cost scenarios for nonbargaining pay changes, favors task‑force grid
Summary
Council instructed staff to analyze cost scenarios for revising the nonbargaining salary schedule after hearing that market analysis and Oregon pay‑equity rules reveal significant compression and legal exposure. Members favored the task‑force grid and asked for numbers on multiple timing and phasing options.
Grants Pass City Council on Tuesday instructed staff to prepare detailed cost scenarios for overhauling the city's nonbargaining salary schedule, after a presentation that flagged internal compression, market underpayment in several job classes and potential exposure under Oregon's pay‑equity rules.
Stephanie (presenting counsel) told the council the issue is structural: the market study completed in 2024 recommended a new salary grid but did not assess individual employee pay equity. "We are not going to be discussing actual costs today," she said, explaining staff instead sought policy direction on eight questions so the city can return with financial calculations.
Why it matters: staff and the consultant identified several "pain points" where the city's current bands create promotion and retention problems — notably police sergeant detectives who may earn as much as lieutenants once overtime and bargaining…
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