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Apr 30, 2026

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Briefing

Sep 15, 2025

Salary Commission approves 3.8% council pay increase and 21% health stipend increase; adopts decision values and schedules additional meetings

At the September 15, 2025 continuation meeting, four commissioners adopted values to guide council salary decisions, approved a 3.8% salary increase and a 21% increase to council health insurance stipends (vote 3–1), authorized four additional meetings to engage the community on salary policy, and moved the September 25 meeting start time to 6:00 PM. A separate proposal to raise salaries 10% and stipends 20% received no second and did not advance.

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Briefing

Sep 11, 2025

Salary Commission adopts values to guide council pay decisions; draft salary schedule tabled to Sept. 15, 2025

Olympia Salary Commission met by Zoom on September 11, 2025. Four commissioners attended (Parfait Bassalé, Dylan Carlson, Erin Klika, Karen Messmer); Vice Chair Quint Newell was absent. The commission approved the agenda and the August 4, 2025 minutes, determined guiding values for council salary decisions (Transparency; Access; Sustainability; Compassionate; Living wage; and that major change take community input), discussed council pay models and received a data presentation on a local approach, and tabled production of a draft council salary schedule to be completed at a continuation meeting on September 15, 2025. No public comment or reports were given. The meeting adjourned at 7:24 pm.

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Salary Commission approves 3.8% council pay increase and 21% health stipend increase; adopts decision values and schedules additional meetings

Salary Commission adopts values to guide council pay decisions; draft salary schedule tabled to Sept. 15, 2025

Salary Commission receives legal briefing and elects officers