Citizen Portal
Sign In

Council to ratify firefighters' labor agreement article providing 8.25% salary adjustment

5936074 · August 12, 2025

Get AI-powered insights, summaries, and transcripts

Subscribe
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Staff placed a resolution on the agenda to ratify Article 30 of the firefighters' labor agreement, which the staff described as an 8.25% adjustment to the salary range for fire service positions; the union and fire chief have approved the agreement pending council ratification.

City Manager Ed Spears told council that Resolution 2025-xxx (ratification of the firefighters' labor agreement, Article 30) is on the upcoming agenda. Staff described the item as an 8.25% adjustment to the salary range for all positions in the fire service and said the firefighters' union and the fire chief have approved the agreement; council ratification was requested at the regular meeting.

Nut graf: Straff characterized the pay adjustment as a historic moment for the fire service and asked council to approve the resolution so staff could pause the meeting for photographs if the council ratified the item.

Ed Spears said the increase exceeded his tenure with the city and noted the item was discussed previously at the budget workshop. The fire chief was expected to appear at the regular meeting to answer any questions from council.

Ending: Staff placed the ratification on the agenda for council action at the regular meeting; no final action was taken during the agenda-review session.