{"MatterId":14632,"MatterGuid":"126312CE-8FF5-4A9D-8577-5A314B92200A","MatterLastModifiedUtc":"2026-01-22T18:54:41.893","MatterRowVersion":"AAAAAADDJyk=","MatterFile":"R-25-219","MatterName":null,"MatterTitle":"Establishing A One-Time Supplemental Compensation Payment For City Employees Based On Ending FY25 General Fund Balance (Fiebelkorn, Grout, Lewis, Peña)","MatterTypeId":4,"MatterTypeName":"Resolution","MatterStatusId":14,"MatterStatusName":"Enacted and Published","MatterBodyId":1,"MatterBodyName":"City Council","MatterIntroDate":"2025-12-15T00:00:00","MatterAgendaDate":null,"MatterPassedDate":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","MatterEnactmentDate":"2026-01-21T00:00:00","MatterEnactmentNumber":"R-2026-007","MatterRequester":null,"MatterNotes":null,"MatterVersion":"2","MatterCost":null,"MatterText1":null,"MatterText2":null,"MatterText3":null,"MatterText4":null,"MatterText5":null,"MatterDate1":null,"MatterDate2":null,"MatterEXText1":"CC 1//5/26 (mmm)\r\n\r\nSame as write-up below\r\n\r\nCC 12/15/25 (mmm)\r\n\r\nBrief Summary: This resolution authorizes a one-time supplemental compensation payment equal to one percent of each City employee’s annualized base salary, contingent on the availability of sufficient Fiscal Year 2025 General Fund ending balance for the rest of the Fiscal Year. The payment is intended to address the ongoing impacts of inflation and rising costs of living on City employees and to support workforce retention. The one-time supplemental payment would be funded from remaining FY25 General Fund balance after required reserves and obligations are met and would be prioritized over other potential uses of that balance.\r\n\r\nAnalysis: The resolution is framed as a follow-up to compensation actions taken during the Fiscal Year 2026 budget process, during which City employees received a two and one-half percent cost-of-living adjustment. The legislation states that improved economic conditions now allow for an additional, non-recurring compensation measure without permanently increasing salary obligations.\r\n\r\nUnder Section 1, the Chief Financial Officer must certify, following completion of FY25 financial reports, that the ending General Fund balance exceeds legally required reserves and all outstanding obligations by at least two million twenty thousand five hundred dollars ($2,020,500). If that threshold is met, no less than that amount must be appropriated to fund the one-time supplemental payment.\r\n\r\nEligibility for the payment includes employees in authorized General Fund positions as of the last full pay period of FY25, as well as employees hired into authorized General Fund positions on or after July 1, 2025, using their annualized base salary as of the effective date of the resolution.\r\n\r\nThe resolution specifies that the supplemental payment does not increase base salaries, does not create a recurring compensation obligation, and is subject to collective bargaining requirements for represented employees, except for those represented by IAFF Local 244, who received an eight percent cost-of-living adjustment following adoption of the FY26 budget.\r\n\r\nSection 2 establishes that the supplemental compensation payment is the priority use of any certified available FY25 General Fund balance and supersedes any other appropriations of that balance.\r\n\r\nFiscal Impact: The estimated cost of the one-time supplemental compensation payment is two million twenty thousand five hundred dollars, funded entirely from FY25 General Fund balance. The resolution does not rely on new revenue sources and does not create ongoing salary or benefit costs. The payment may only occur if the required fund balance threshold is certified by the Chief Financial Officer, ensuring that required reserves and outstanding obligations are not affected.\r\n\r\nKey Dates: Certification of fund balance: After completion and finalization of FY25 financial reports Salary basis for calculation: Last full pay period of FY25\r\nEffective date: Upon adoption of the resolution\r\n\r\nComments: As per § 2-11-15 ‘No amendment to the budget shall be made without a public hearing prior to the meeting at which action is taken on the proposed amendment.’\r\nThis resolution proposes a targeted, one-time compensation measure tied directly to verified General Fund balance availability. By linking the payment to certified excess fund balance and expressly prohibiting increases to base salary, the legislation seeks to provide near-term employee support while avoiding long-term fiscal commitments.","MatterEXText2":"Mark Motsko","MatterEXText3":null,"MatterEXText4":null,"MatterEXText5":null,"MatterEXText6":null,"MatterEXText7":null,"MatterEXText8":null,"MatterEXText9":null,"MatterEXText10":null,"MatterEXText11":null,"MatterEXDate1":null,"MatterEXDate2":null,"MatterEXDate3":null,"MatterEXDate4":null,"MatterEXDate5":null,"MatterEXDate6":null,"MatterEXDate7":null,"MatterEXDate8":null,"MatterEXDate9":null,"MatterEXDate10":null,"MatterAgiloftId":0,"MatterReference":"26","MatterRestrictViewViaWeb":false,"MatterReports":[]}