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Athens Regional library director asks Madison County to raise starting pay to $15; board seeks options and cautions about parity across county jobs
Summary
The Athens Regional Library System director and local board asked Madison County to increase starting pay for library staff from about $10 to $15 per hour and to address staff retention; commissioners expressed sympathy but cautioned about county-wide pay parity and asked for more financial detail.
Beth McIntyre, executive director of the Athens Regional Library System (which serves Madison County as part of a five-county regional system), presented a revised budget summary and asked commissioners to consider increasing starting pay for library part-time staff to $15 an hour to reduce turnover and align library wages with local expectations.
McIntyre said the local branch employs seven people (three full-time, four…
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