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Council hears AI‑driven class‑and‑comp tool; staff recommends one‑year Holly pilot instead of traditional RFP study

Sierra Madre City Council · February 10, 2026
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Summary

City staff said a traditional class and compensation study had been budgeted at $80,000; Holly representatives proposed an $8,500/year AI platform to modernize class specifications and provide quarterly market scraping; staff recommended a year‑long pilot to test the tool and reduce consultant costs.

Representatives of Holly, an AI‑driven workforce classification and compensation platform, presented to the Sierra Madre City Council on Feb. 10 and described an alternative to a one‑time consultant study.

Bridal Helweg, co‑founder of Holly, and Rahul explained that the platform scrapes publicly posted class specifications, salary schedules and MOUs, provides match scores to comparable agencies, and offers prompting tools to…

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