Council adopts executive compensation schedule and agrees to pay more of public-safety pension costs

The Tooele City Council on June 17 approved an executive compensation schedule required by state law and a separate resolution to pay a larger share of Tier 2 public-safety retirement contributions.

Kami Perkins, the city’s HR director, presented Ordinance 2026-16 setting the executive salary schedule. Perkins told the council she is proposing to increase the tenured service performance bonus from $500 to $1,000 for employees who have reached the top of their salary range. "We are proposing that the tenured service performance bonus be increased from $500 to $1,000," Perkins said.

On a separate item, the council adopted Resolution 2026-35 to formally 'pick up' additional public-safety retirement contributions for Tier 2 police and firefighters. Perkins said the pickup included in the proposed budget is an additional 1.25 percentage points and brings the city's maximum pickup to 5.98%. She said the city must return to council if the state-set rate increases beyond that level.

Both measures passed 5–0. Councilman McCall moved and Councilwoman Gochis seconded adoption of the compensation ordinance; Councilman Hansen moved and Councilman McCall seconded the pension pickup resolution.

Perkins said the pickup election is allowed under state law for the Tier 2 public-safety plan and is intended to maintain pay competitiveness and avoid reducing take-home pay for police and firefighters. The council did not change pay-range assignments for executives at this meeting.