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Oak Ridge council approves corrected FY‑25 pay plan to ensure full 3% raises
Summary
At a July special meeting, Oak Ridge City Council approved an amendment to Resolution 6‑77‑2024 that replaces the compensation attachment with a corrected FY‑25 schedule so every pay step receives a full 3% increase rounded up before the next payroll.
Oak Ridge City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution amending Resolution 6‑77‑2024 to replace the compensation attachment with a corrected FY‑25 pay plan so every step receives a full 3% across‑the‑board increase, rounded up, before the next city payroll.
The change, presented by a staff member identified in the meeting as Rachael, fixes rounding errors in the previously attached schedule that left some steps short of the intended 3% raise. “I did 631 calculations by hand yesterday,” Rachael told the council, adding she adjusted each step so a full 3% is applied and rounded up.
The clerk introduced the item as ‘‘a resolution to amend Resolution 6‑77‑2024 to replace the attachment to the resolution with a corrected FY ’25 compensation plan.’’ Rachael said the council had approved a 3% across‑the‑board increase but the spreadsheet math, applied step‑to‑step with roughly 2% between steps, caused a few salaries to show as 2.99% after rounding. She asked the council to approve swapping the attachment so personnel can implement the corrected schedule before issuing paychecks.
A council member pointed out Excel has functions to round up and suggested using those in future calculations; Rachael said the city’s step‑to‑step structure required a different manual approach to ensure the intended rounding. When asked why a lawyer had done the earlier calculation, Rachael said that dated to a prior compensation plan update while some staff were absent and that the calculations had since been returned to personnel.
Another council member described the budget impact as “almost nothing,” and observed that while the per‑employee increase could be small (one member said employees might appreciate an extra “40¢ a week”), the raises compound over time.
The council moved and seconded the measure and the motion carried; the clerk recorded the vote in favor and the mayor declared the resolution approved. The meeting adjourned after the vote.
The record does not show mover and seconder names read aloud at the vote and the roll was not read during the tally; the council recorded the motion as approved and directed staff to implement the corrected attachment.
