Board tables proposal to raise 911 telecommunicator pay after split vote
911 Communications Director Jason Steward presented a salary study showing Martin County’s 911 pay lags peers and requested targeted raises; the board voted 3-2 to table the proposal, citing a desire to review salary studies across departments.
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At the Oct. 9 meeting, 911 Communications Director Jason Steward presented data showing the dispatch center handled 40,852 calls for service over the past 12 months and that Martin County’s 911 starting pay and midpoints lagged surrounding and comparable counties. "In the last 12 months, the department has answered and processed 40,852 calls for service," Steward said, citing 1,453 fire calls, 4,970 emergency medical calls and 22,374 law-enforcement dispatches.
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