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Travis County medical examiner asks court to fund market-based pay adjustments
Summary
The Travis County Medical Examiner's Office told Commissioners Court it supports a market pay study and asked the court to earmark roughly $400,000'$450,000 to implement pay-range changes for about 59 employees if the countywide market study is not adopted this year.
The Travis County Medical Examiner's Office asked Commissioners Court on Aug. 14 to adopt market-based salary adjustments or, if the countywide market study is not adopted this year, to earmark roughly $400,000 to $450,000 to raise staff pay to competitive levels. The request is meant to address recruitment and retention across roughly 59 positions including physicians, autopsy technicians, medical-legal death investigators and toxicology staff, the office said. Staff member (Medical Examiner's Office) told the court that the office had reached consensus with the county Planning and Budget Office on most budget items but remained behind the…
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