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Council hears proposed 3.5% police COLA and 4% staff COLA in draft budget
Summary
Staff told the council the draft budget sets a 3.5% cost-of-living adjustment for the police department (to align with collective bargaining) and 4.0% for other staff as preliminary estimates pending Social Security guidance.
During the budget review, staff said the police department's cost-of-living adjustment in the draft stands at 3.5% and that other municipal staff have been modeled at 4.0% as preliminary estimates. She tied the police figure to ongoing collective bargaining negotiations and said the overall percentages may be adjusted once federal Social Security guidance is firmer.
A committee member asked for spreadsheet-based percentage calculations to verify increases; staff said she had not calculated percentage increases electronically and had requested the spreadsheet to do so. The council asked staff to return with precise percentage change calculations and underlying assumptions before final budget adoption.
