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Council accepts pay-study framework; cost scenarios shown for FY27
Summary
An independent pay-study recommended raising pay ranges an average of 7.6% to reach market; implementing the study plus a 3% COLA was estimated to cost the city about $584K (including benefits), while a 5% COLA scenario would increase total first-year costs to about $734K.
The city contracted the Garing Group to benchmark pay against comparable agencies and to recommend a new pay plan and implementation options. Nancy from Garing Group described the methodology and two scenarios: implementing the pay-range changes with a 3% cost-of-living adjustment plus compression corrections produced a total estimated fiscal impact (including benefits) of approximately $584,000; a 5% COLA scenario raised the total estimated impact to about $734,000.
Garing Group explained roughly 81 employees would be affected by the range adjustments and compression corrections, with 29 employees below new minimums and 64 needing adjustments to avoid compression under the 3% COLA scenario. Council members discussed affordability in light of projected revenue pressures and directed staff to accept the study and incorporate cost decisions into the budget deliberations.
Council voted to accept the pay-study and the recommended pay grades; specific percentage decisions about COLA and implementation timing were deferred to the budget process.
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