Fire district board approved chief officer pay adjustments and sick leave cashout policy

What the records say

At its June 17, 2026, meeting, the Marysville Fire District Board of Directors approved salary adjustments for its top chief officer ranks. According to the meeting minutes, staff recommended targeted adjustments to mitigate projected pay compression between represented day-shift personnel and their supervisory counterparts, establishing a 10% salary spread between the Battalion Chief and Deputy Chief positions and between the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief positions ¹. The approved motion covers the salary adjustments for the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief positions effective July 1, 2026 ¹. The board also approved extending to all non-represented personnel a benefit from the proposed collective bargaining agreement with Local 3219: employees with 10 or more years of service would receive 60% of their accrued sick leave upon separation, provided they submit one year's irrevocable notice, as an amendment to Policy 1049 ¹. Both motions passed unanimously ¹. The June 17 minutes were included in the July 15, 2026, meeting packet for approval on the consent agenda ¹.

• The approved salary structure establishes a 10% salary spread between Battalion Chief and Deputy Chief, and between Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief, with the adjustments for the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief positions effective July 1, 2026.
• The sick leave cashout allows employees with 10 or more years of service to receive 60% of accrued sick leave upon separation, provided they give one year's irrevocable notice; the board approved extending this benefit to all non-represented personnel via an amendment to Policy 1049.
• Both motions passed unanimously at the June 17, 2026, meeting; the salary motion was made by Board member Ross and seconded by Stevens.
• The changes were adopted alongside the proposed collective bargaining agreement with Local 3219, which the board also ratified unanimously the same night after executive session.

Why it matters

The district is funded by local taxpayers, and these changes affect what it spends on senior leadership salaries and what it may owe departing long-tenured employees through sick leave payouts ¹. The salary adjustments were adopted to address projected pay compression between represented day-shift personnel and their supervisors ¹. The minutes do not state the dollar cost of either change, so the budget impact cannot be quantified from the available record.

What changed / what's next

• The board approved salary adjustments for the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief positions effective July 1, 2026, creating a 10% salary spread across the top three chief officer ranks ¹.
• The sick leave cashout provision, part of the proposed CBA with Local 3219, was extended to all non-represented personnel through an amendment to Policy 1049 ¹.
• The minutes do not specify the dollar cost of the salary adjustments or the potential payout exposure from the sick leave cashout ¹.
• The June 17 minutes were scheduled for formal approval on the July 15, 2026, consent agenda; the recorded vote is in the minutes as included in the July packet ¹.
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.