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Council adopts salary ordinance changes for police, fire and city staff; creates accreditation role in dispatch
Summary
Council unanimously adopted ordinances 20-25-17 and 20-25-18 to authorize a firefighter sign-on bonus, reorganize dispatch and records positions (creating an accreditation/quality-assurance telecommunicator role), and replace a HAND program manager with an operations manager.
The Common Council unanimously adopted two salary-related ordinances on May 7 that change pay and job classifications across public safety and city departments.
Ordinance 20-25-17 updated salary provisions for police and fire. Shar Paycheck, Director of Human Resources, said the fire provision allows a sign-on bonus for a firefighter hired in December 2024 who began work in 2025; the budget impact of that bonus was described as about $5,000 plus fringe benefits for a single employee. The ordinance also restructures police department roles: it creates an accreditation and quality-assurance telecommunicator position and eliminates the director of civilian operations; HR explained the incumbents will be reassigned into existing dispatch-management roles and that dispatch and records personnel will report to Captain Pedego.
Ordinance 20-25-18 revises grades and creates/eliminates several appointed and AFSCME positions. HR said the HAND (Housing and Neighborhood Development) program manager role will be replaced by an operations manager (a higher grade) to supervise rental-inspector program managers; the council office legal research assistant position was reclassified to reflect updated duties; two vacant utilities positions were eliminated.
Council members asked for clarifications about incumbency, reporting lines and fiscal impact. Paycheck said the operations manager grade change has a modest additional fiscal cost and that utilities positions being eliminated were vacant. Both ordinances passed on roll calls (20-25-17 passed unanimously; 20-25-18 passed 8–0).
