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Yankton County weighs cutting automatic step raises; task force to propose pay plan before budget
Summary
Commissioners debated eliminating or limiting automatic step raises after staff and department heads applied multiple steps in some cases. A commission task force will draft a recommendation before budget season; commissioners passed a requirement that written justification accompany step increases for the rest of the year.
YANKTON, S.D. — Yankton County commissioners opened a weeks-long discussion about employee pay structure on a motion to review or reduce automatic step increases amid concern that some departments have been giving multiple-step raises as a routine practice.
Commissioners described the existing wage matrix and step structure and said some departments have been awarding two-step increases in addition to cost-of-living adjustments, which can result in significantly larger annual raises. "The cost of living increase is automatic," one commissioner said during the discussion; "anything beyond that should be done by merit."
Commissioner Dan (first speaker on the topic) said the county should examine whether the…
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