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Council approves retroactive step payments to make employees whole, schedules policy review
Summary
Council approved retroactive 'catch‑up' payments to restore employees to anniversary‑date step increases (estimated one‑time impact about $41,000 across funds) and scheduled a policy discussion for June 2 to address future step‑increase timing and related personnel policy language.
City Manager Cliff Blackwell presented background on the city's compensation step plan and a fiscal analysis illustrating an estimated $41,000 one‑time cost to reconcile prior across‑the‑board increases with the personnel policy (which stipulates anniversary‑date step increases). Blackwell explained the yellow/pink/green columns in the staff packet and clarified that a large share of the impact would fall to the general fund.
Councilmembers expressed a strong interest in remedying perceived inequities and making staff "whole." The council moved, seconded and passed a motion to pay staff the amounts owed retroactively and to return with policy language and amendments for discussion on June 2. Staff will prioritize paying employees who have already reached their anniversary dates, then reconcile remaining amounts as employees reach their anniversaries.
