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Fort Myers council approves Oracle change order as firefighters press city over payroll errors
Summary
The City of Fort Myers council approved a $49,901 change order to its Oracle Cloud ERP contract to install a custom overtime calculation after staff said Oracle’s default blended-rate logic didn’t match the city’s payroll expectations; firefighters urged faster fixes and asked when paychecks would be corrected.
The City of Fort Myers City Council on a February evening approved a $49,901 change order to its Oracle Cloud ERP implementation to program a custom overtime calculation intended to align the system with the city’s existing payroll practices and union agreements.
City Manager Marty Lawing and Director Calkins (staff presenting the item) told the council the change addresses differences between Oracle’s default “blended rates” overtime calculation and the city’s previously used method. "So that's what this change order does. It brings forward, new calculation process," a staff presenter said, adding the city will work with Oracle to correct past payroll runs as an interim measure and expects the new programming to be complete by March 27, 2026.
The walk-on item (Change Order CR09) was introduced to the agenda and then approved after a short discussion; the council recorded no opposition. City officials said the change order also creates an interim process to review and correct prior paychecks where errors were identified.
Public commenters urged quicker remediation. Tim Jones, who identified himself as representing Fort Myers firefighters, told the council that since the city launched Oracle on Dec. 18 employees have repeatedly been shorted pay: "On January 8, employees received their first paycheck with a new system. And over 90% of my employees reported that they were hundreds, if not thousands of dollars short in their paychecks." Jones pressed the council: "When will it be correct?" and said morale among city employees has fallen amid the payroll issues.
Council members and staff repeatedly emphasized that the change order is intended to resolve calculation differences and that payroll corrections will be made during the interim period. The item was approved and will return for implementation oversight by staff. The council did not record a roll-call tally beyond noting the motion carried with no opposition.
Next steps: staff will continue corrections to affected payrolls and implement the custom overtime calculation by the estimated completion date; the council did not set a separate follow-up hearing date during the meeting.
