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New Carrollton council pauses pay-study decisions, approves short continuing resolution
Summary
Council members agreed to a three-month continuing resolution to hold budget figures while the city’s compensation study and fines-and-fees review conclude, after members raised questions about the study’s scope and data used by the contractor.
The New Carrollton City Council on June 8 agreed to place a three-month continuing resolution on Wednesday’s consent agenda to give staff time to review a compensation study and related fines-and-fees work before finalizing the fiscal year 2027 budget.
Council Member Agnelli said the outside firm presenting the study had audited only three years of salary data “not five like the RFP says,” a discrepancy she and other members said should be clarified before adopting pay changes. “We sent them five years of information. So, some kind of wasted effort to start the audit and now they need to redo some parts of it,” Agnelli said during the workshop.
Council Member Briana, who attended the contractor’s presentation, said she was largely satisfied with the consultant’s approach to comparators and the methodology, but emphasized the council needs clarity on whether the study will include benefits as well as salary. “I’m really more interested in the administration positions and salaries,” Briana said. Council members asked staff to confirm whether benefits would be included after the contractor said the focus was salaries.
Staff told the council the study had achieved a 67% response rate from city employees, which the consultant characterized as a solid sample; the council asked whether the firm could use additional in-person interviews if needed. Contract oversight and timing also came up: members named an internal contract oversight manager to monitor the firm’s work and urged follow-up on the discrepancies raised.
To avoid locking in figures prematurely, the council instructed staff to draft a continuing resolution that would carry forward current budget numbers for three months while the BRC compensation review and the fines-and-fees analysis are completed. The chair said the resolution would be placed on the Wednesday agenda under the consent calendar for a formal vote.
Next steps: staff will confirm the audit period the contractor used, whether benefits are in scope, and return with corrections or assurances to the council before the continuing resolution expires.
