Council adopts 60th‑percentile pay scale for 2025 after wage‑study presentation

Speaker 5 (Glenn) summarized a recent wage study and two salary-bracket options — the 60th and 70th percentiles — and outlined a newly created assistant city administrator range not included in the consultant’s dataset. Glenn said the difference in cost between adopting the 60th and 70th percentiles for the entire organization was roughly $20,000 and that compression adjustments could raise certain totals to about $40,000 in some scenarios.

Council members asked whether the schedule would take effect for 2025 or be considered in the next budget cycle, how cost‑of‑living and merit increases interact with new minima, and whether adopting the higher percentile would create morale or budgeting problems for departments. Several members said the city already benchmarks near the 60th percentile for many positions and that adopting the 60th would allow staff recruitment and retention goals to advance without a large immediate budget impact.

Speaker 3 moved to adopt the salary/wage schedule for 2025 at the 60th percentile (with compression); the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote with a recorded tally of 3 yes and 1 no. The transcript does not record individual roll‑call votes. The council noted departments can use existing budgeted merit or cost‑of‑living funds to make adjustments within the adopted ranges, but not every employee will automatically move to a new minimum.

The council’s immediate action implements the new pay ranges for 2025; members said they would revisit the schedule during the next budget cycle if additional adjustments are needed.