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Roseville council adopts pay changes for city manager, city attorney and management group
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance effective Feb. 21, 2026, applying an 8.5% base increase for the city manager, 4.5% for the city attorney, raised the city manager auto allowance to $1,500/month and approved a 3% general wage increase to take effect January 2027; total first-year cost was estimated at $27,436.
Stacy Peterson, Roseville’s human resources director, recommended and the city council adopted an ordinance and accompanying resolutions to increase compensation for council-appointed positions and amend management pay terms. The ordinance (No. 7044, amending Ordinance No. 6,900) takes effect Feb. 21, 2026.
Peterson said the council completed performance evaluations for City Manager Dominic Casey and City Attorney Michelle Scheidenberger and reviewed compensation survey data. Staff recommended an 8.5% base increase for the city manager and a 4.5% increase for the city attorney; Peterson also proposed raising the city manager auto allowance from $700 to $1,500 per month and recommended a 3% general wage increase for the management group effective the first full pay period in January 2027. "It is recommended that a 4.5% salary increase be applied to the city attorney based compensation and an 8.5% salary increase be applied to the city manager," Peterson said.
Staff estimated the total annual fiscal impact of the compensation changes for the current fiscal year at $27,436 and said available expenditure savings would cover the cost. The staff report (attached to the agenda) was cited as showing how those ongoing annual costs will be included in future budgets.
During public comment on the item, residents requested the underlying comparability study and more detailed labor-market data be published so the public can see which cities were used for comparison. Julia Sweeney asked staff to make the comparability materials available and said residents needed context for the stated 8.5% increase; Glenda Hay said the city had asked landlords to forgo rent increases for housing-voucher tenants while the city considers a spending shortfall and questioned raising management pay amid those constraints.
Council discussion touched on timing, transparency and the long-term budget implications of annual inflators. After debate, a motion to adopt the ordinance and authorizing resolutions was moved, seconded and approved by roll call vote; council recorded unanimous approval and the motion passed.
The ordinance is effective Feb. 21, 2026, and the staff report states future-year budget impacts will be included in subsequent budgets.
