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Council committee sends maintenance salary amendment unfavorably after debate on retro pay and net savings
Summary
A committee recommended an unfavorable referral for a salary amendment that would reallocate $23,037 to increase pay for two maintenance employees and eliminate an advertised FTE, amid questions about retroactive pay, ongoing costs and projected savings.
A St. Joseph County Budget Administration Committee onetime transfer and salary amendment that would move $23,037 to the maintenance division was recommended unfavorably after extended debate.
The proposal, presented by Bree Roberts, director of physical assets, would allocate $7,080 and $15,957 in annual increases to an existing maintenance specialist and reclassify a current maintenance classification toward a building systems specialist, rather than hiring a second-shift supervisor. Roberts said doing so avoids creating a new full-time…
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