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Committee advances 2.5% nonunion COLA and reclassification item to full council; administration estimates $165,000 impact
Summary
Committee untabled and recommended forwarding an item to reclassify nonunion positions and apply a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1; administration said the FY27 budget includes the adjustment and estimated the total FY27 cost at $165,000, with about 20 positions currently at maximum pay grades highlighted for follow-up.
The committee revisited item 30-26, a reclassification of nonunion positions and a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for nonunion employees that the administration proposes to make effective July 1.
Administration staff said the 2.5% increase is included in the FY27 budget and that the measure is intended in part to address employees who have reached their pay-grade maxima. Committee members pressed for a worksheet showing which positions would exceed current maxima and for the fiscal impact limited to those positions; administration committed to provide the highlighted worksheet and said roughly 20 positions currently at maximums would be affected.
CAFO Ramona Salvajos said the total FY27 impact for the nonunion 2.5% increase is $165,000. Several councilors said the council should carefully review the list and the process; the committee voted to forward the reclassification and COLA item to the full council with a favorable recommendation.
