Board approves one‑time COLA for managers: mid‑managers average 5%, department managers average 4% for current fiscal year
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After finance committee review, the board approved one‑time cost-of-living adjustments applied as averages across classifications: an average 5% uplift for mid‑management tiers and an average 4% uplift for department managers for the current fiscal year, with staff to revisit compensation policy next year.
The Sierra County Board of Supervisors approved one‑time cost-of-living adjustments for county managers following finance committee review and staff analysis of available budget offsets.
For mid-management classifications the board agreed to an average increase equivalent to 5% of the average base salary across mid-manager tiers; for department managers the board approved an average 4% adjustment to average base salary across department manager tiers. Staff told the board they identified budget offsets and one-time sources to support the increases for the current fiscal year and that the county’s finance committee had reviewed options.
Board members discussed compaction risks (where supervisory salaries approach or exceed managers' pay) and emphasized the adjustment is a one-time step, not a multi-year commitment. Supervisors asked staff to prepare analysis for next year showing how future adjustments would affect pay differentials across ranks. The board accepted administrative edits to resolution language to make the adjustment an average-applied amount rather than a flat identical dollar across all individual salaries.
Clerks recorded unanimous ayes on both items; staff will update salary tables and implement the adjustments in payroll as directed.