Personnel committee extends salary‑study RFP to allow utility board input

The Personnel Committee voted to extend the deadline for a published total compensation (salary and benefits) RFP by one month to allow the referenced utility board time to consider joining the study. Chairperson (Speaker 2) moved the extension "to extend RFP deadline a month, allowing CETA board to have, decision making in what company they wanna use, whether it be with us or moving forward on their own." The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.

Committee members and staff said the utility board (referred to in the transcript as CTUB/CETA) currently follows many of the same handbook benefit rules and accruals but that pay scales — particularly police versus administrative/utility roles — should remain separate if the organizations proceed together. Members asked the vendor to itemize costs so each entity could pay its fair share; one speaker referenced prior vendor quotes in the low‑to‑mid $20,000s and said the committee had budgeted "30" (amount not further specified in the transcript). The committee discussed a suggested cost split and advised staff to allow time for the utility board to present to its board before finalizing vendor selection.

The committee’s staff (Speaker 3) said the RFP is already posted and that a one‑month extension would not substantially delay the study’s target schedule; members noted the award window currently around mid‑October. Speakers emphasized that, if the utility board piggybacks, the city intends to select the firm and set the study parameters while allowing the utility board to pay its share rather than handpicking a separate vendor.