Prescott Valley council approves annual MOU with police officers association

The Prescott Valley Town Council voted unanimously to approve the annual memorandum of understanding with the Prescott Valley Police Officers Association (PVPOA) for fiscal year 2026–2027.

Shauna Dechant, the town's human resources director, introduced the MOU and turned the discussion over to PVPOA president Detective Philip Monchinski, who highlighted the package's key changes. Monchinski said the agreement postpones major pay-structure changes while the town completes a separate compensation study and implements adjustments intended to make pay more equitable. “Were trying to adjust . . . lateral officers that are incoming get half credit for their years of service,” Monchinski said, adding the MOU includes adjustments to corporal pay and other premium-pay clarifications tied to recent tax-law changes.

Councilmembers asked no substantive questions and a councilmember moved to approve the MOU; another councilmember seconded the motion and the clerk reported the measure passed. The council approved the document by electronic vote with no recorded dissent.

Why it matters: The MOU sets immediate pay and classification changes that town staff and the police association say will help with recruitment and internal equity while reserving larger structural changes until the compensation study is complete. The agreement also incorporates technical changes tied to last years tax-law updates to simplify finance-department processing.

The council approved the measure on the consent of the body; no public comment was recorded on the item. The council did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript beyond the clerks announcement that the motion passed.