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Commission moves to add compensation study to consultant scope; cost reported at $20,000
Summary
The commission heard from the Gehring Group (presenter John Mueller) and voted to place on consent a recommendation to expand the consultant agreement to include a compensation study. Commissioners discussed market benchmarking, a 3/5/7‑year implementation plan and targeting a livable minimum wage.
Town management brought forward a request to expand the scope of a consultant agreement with the Gehring Group to include a comprehensive compensation study. John Mueller of the Gehring Group described the firm’s typical process: benchmark municipal jobs against 10–15 comparable agencies, build a pay plan tied to a chosen market percentile, perform compression analysis on existing staff and provide cost estimates and implementation…
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