Council approves consent calendar including compensation and deferred‑comp changes for city chiefs and deputy manager

The Grass Valley City Council approved the consent calendar, which included modifications to employment agreements for senior staff. Before the vote, a council member provided the statutorily required disclosure under the California Government Code (read as "government code section 54953, subdivision (c)(3)") summarizing proposed changes to three agreements.

According to that disclosure, the police chief's agreement would include longevity pay (2.5% after 10 years and another 2.5% after 20 years), an education incentive (3.5% for a post‑executive certificate) and a 2.5% incentive for a post‑management certificate, together described as equivalent to an 11% increase to base pay; the police chief's deferred compensation would increase from $4,000 to $10,000 per year. The fire chief's package included longevity pay (2.5% at 10 years) and educational incentives for chief officer certificates that together were described as roughly a 5% equivalent increase to base pay and an increase in deferred compensation from $4,000 to $5,000 per year; staff also noted the city's salary schedule top end would be raised by 5% but additional manager approval would be required to implement that increase. The deputy city manager's deferred compensation would increase from $4,000 to $5,000 per year.

Council moved and seconded the consent calendar and approved it by a voice vote recorded as five ayes. The disclosure and vote were recorded before the motion to adopt the consent calendar. No separate discussion or roll‑call vote on the individual employment agreements was recorded; those changes were handled as part of the broader consent calendar motion.