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Boulder City Council backs 3% staff raises, approves targeted wage bumps and retroactive pay in draft budget
Summary
At a June 8 budget workshop, the Boulder City Council agreed to include City Administrator Brian Bullock’s payroll recommendations in the FY2026/2027 draft budget: 3% across‑the‑board raises for staff, wage increases for a temporary worker and lifeguards, and retroactive pay from July pending final adoption on Sept. 22.
City Administrator Brian Bullock presented payroll recommendations at a June 8 budget workshop and the Boulder City Council agreed to include them in the FY2026/2027 draft budget.
Bullock recommended a 3% pay increase for all city staff and proposed specific hourly raises: temporary worker Sue Pasini from $13 to $15 per hour, and lifeguards — at the Pool Manager’s recommendation — from $11 to $12 per hour. Bullock also presented a spreadsheet of the proposed increases and suggested some accounting‑structure changes tied to the payroll adjustments. Bullock said he could allocate 5% of his own salary to the Boulder Ambulance Department fund because that department has been generating increased income.
The Council decided to include Bullock’s recommendations in the draft budget and directed that staff be paid retroactively from July until the budget is finally adopted at the regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m. Council members also signaled that once the budget is more complete, staff increases might exceed the initially proposed 3%.
The Council opted not to change elected‑official compensation. Quarterly pay will remain: Mayor Rusty Giulio, $625; Council President Drew Dawson, $270; and each other councilmember, $225.
The council’s decision at the workshop was to place the recommended payroll changes into the draft budget for further consideration; the final adoption and any additional adjustments are scheduled for Sept. 22.
