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Council debates universal step date and retroactive pay as staff prepare reconciliation
Summary
Council discussed adopting a universal step date and revised promotion/demotion rules for employee salary progression. Staff will return with reconciliation spreadsheets and cost estimates so the council can decide whether to make all employees whole on a single date before the next budget cycle.
Staff presented proposed policy language to implement a universal step date for employee salary progression and clarified eligibility, promotion increases and cost‑of‑living language. City Manager Cliff Blackwell said the intent is to create a transparent, predictable and equitable structure where step advances are tied to satisfactory performance rather than simply time served.
Councilmembers expressed concern that some employees who previously received a universal October 1 step increase will be disadvantaged when the city returns to anniversary‑date steps; they requested a reconciliation showing how many employees remain to be made whole and the cost to make everyone current on a single date. Blackwell and staff said they would prepare the requested worksheet and return July 7 with numbers and options for a council decision. No ordinance was adopted; the item was informational and staff‑directional.
