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Officials seek more time to finalize multi-year public safety pay package
Summary
City staff and representatives reviewed a proposed five-year pay and incentive package for police and fire, identified significant cost drivers (holiday pay, certification pay, sick‑leave buybacks) and agreed to reconvene after further costing and a required posting period.
City staff and representatives spent the session reviewing proposed pay schedules and incentives for police and fire personnel and agreed they need more time to fold the new figures into the municipal budget. The package presented included a top-line base-pay option and a lower alternate tied to a January 1 start date; presenters and staff said the lower numbers reflect that delayed start and that totals will shift as elements are finalized.
An Agency official framed the work as a budgeting exercise and asked for time to absorb the figures, saying, "All I'm asking for is that because of the way the the numbers move, I need time to absorb within that structure or the budget." Participants raised several specific cost drivers — holiday pay calculations, education incentives and sick‑leave buybacks — and staff repeatedly emphasized some figures are preliminary. The group agreed to complete additional costing, post the next open meeting in accordance with the three-day posting requirement and reconvene Wednesday to review draft articles and final numbers.
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