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Councilors ask for multi‑year fiscal impacts before approving midyear salary changes
Summary
Several council members said the council should see fiscal impacts beyond the current year for any salary ordinance change; they requested controller and HR provide forward‑looking estimates and clearer fund impacts at second reading.
Council members repeatedly asked staff to show multi‑year fiscal impacts before finalizing midyear salary ordinance changes. Councilmember Piedmont Smith said she "feels strongly that the fiscal impact should be calculated beyond the current fiscal year," noting councilmember estimates that immediate impacts totaled about $43,247 and that future years will accumulate costs.
Councilmember Rosenbarger said he did not want to decide "in a vacuum" two weeks before budget hearings and urged the controller and department staff to show the ongoing budget implications. Controller Jeff McKim acknowledged the timing constraints and said departments have been asked to identify offsetting reductions; he said HR and department budget requests were being adjusted to compensate where possible. The council directed staff to return at second reading with multi‑year fiscal figures and explanations of where any ongoing costs would be funded.
