Council approves on‑call callback pay; holiday‑pay changes deferred to FY27 budget

City leadership presented a multi‑chapter update to personnel policies and council approved discrete elements while deferring some holiday‑pay changes for later budget consideration.

City staff explained that Chapter 3, Section 7 had not previously allowed on‑call or callback pay to count as overtime when employees were called in during a holiday week. The council voted to approve a callback‑pay provision that pays at an overtime rate when employees are called out, with the overtime rate tied to the employee’s pay schedule.

City management also presented clarified PTO accrual tables (Chapter 4) and requested approval of those substantive changes; council approved Chapter 4 items while explicitly excluding holiday‑pay changes. The city manager said the fiscal impact of paying time‑and‑a‑half across multiple departments for all holidays would be substantial and recommended handling holiday pay in the FY27 budget process. Staff estimated the additional per‑shift cost for fire holiday pay at approximately $2,700–$3,000 (time and a half versus standard shift pay), with larger annualized impacts across departments if holiday pay were increased across the board.

Council voted to adopt the on‑call/callback provision (Item 10A) and to approve Chapter 4 policy changes excluding holiday language (Item 10B); the mayor called the votes and both items passed by council voice vote.

Staff said the city will continue to refine non‑substantive policy language and will return with any remaining items as needed before the intended January 1 effective target for the updated policy deck.