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Council sends public-safety pay-structure change back to staff for retroactive cost analysis
Summary
After months of implementing a new compensation plan, councilmembers asked staff to recalculate proposed public-safety pay-structure adjustments as if effective July 1, 2024, citing fairness concerns; staff estimated the immediate implementation cost and said a full retroactive calculation will require more time.
Mayor Pro Tem Middleton said the council would consider a staff recommendation to adjust pay structures for certain police and fire positions after the class-and-compensation implementation revealed instances of "bypassing" where employees ranked below others received higher pay.
Jim Raungruber, assistant director of human resources, told the council the review found patterns of bypassing in both fire and police ranks and that staff’s proposal includes minor structure changes — for example a 0.7% adjustment to the fire-driver pay grade — that…
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