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Mount Carroll approves flex days, declines 2026 COLA amid step-and-grade salary updates
Summary
Council voted not to apply a 2.5% COLA for 2026 after recent steps-and-grades salary updates and approved flex days for staff (Dec. 26, 2025 and Jan. 2, 2026); part-time employees will receive a $50 bonus.
Mayor Carl Bates told the council that "the COLA for 2025 is 2.5%." With recent steps-and-grades updates to the salary worksheet, the council agreed not to apply the COLA for the coming year. Alderman Jeff Elliott moved that the COLA not be used; Alderman Paul Kaczmarski seconded. The motion passed on a 6–0 roll-call vote.
The council also approved employee holiday scheduling and bonuses negotiated with staff: a flex day for full-time employees on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 and Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, half days for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and a $50 bonus for each part-time employee. Alderman Kaczmarski moved to approve the employee Christmas bonuses and flex days; the motion carried 6–0.
