Staff question pay-scale difference as assessor's office training spans "a week, 2 weeks"

At a meeting, staff members questioned whether training courses lasting “a week, 2 weeks” were intended for office staff or for deputies and noted that deputies are paid on a higher scale even though the assessor’s office uses the same training for both groups.

The exchange began when Staff member A asked, “Those courses go a week, 2 weeks. Is that for your office staff or for the For the deputies today.” That prompted Staff member B to respond that deputies are on a higher pay scale than office staff and to emphasize that the trainings for the assessor’s office are the same for both categories: “Right? I mean, their their deputies are on the higher pay scale than the office staff, you know, up here would be even though the trainings for the assessor's office is is the same. Right? And so so we're just again, we're not going to compete with I know, but but we're just we're talking about.”

The comments were discussion only; the transcript contains no motion, direction to staff, or formal vote related to training length or pay-scale changes. The record does not specify whether the training schedule or pay scales will be adjusted, who would have authority to change pay scales, or any implementation timeline.

Details from the exchange: the training duration was described as “a week, 2 weeks,” and the speakers clearly distinguished between deputies and office staff in pay status while saying the assessor’s office provides the same trainings to both. No funding amounts, personnel counts, or policy citations were stated in the transcript.

Because no formal action was taken during the recorded discussion, the matter remains at the discussion stage pending any subsequent meeting or administrative decision.