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Lake Stevens council reviews compensation-market study plan, asks for revenue-vs-wage follow-up
Summary
Consultants from Compensation Connections reviewed city peer selections and preliminary pay comparisons; council asked staff to return with longer-term revenue-versus-wages analysis before implementation steps.
Compensation consultants told the Lake Stevens City Council on July 15 that they recommend using a set of nearby cities as comparators for a municipal compensation market study and asked the council to approve the roster so the study can proceed. The council asked staff to return with additional analysis showing how wage and benefit growth compares to revenue growth before implementation recommendations are finalized. Shannon (Compensation Connections) presented the study framework and said the consultant team surveyed pay for four representative city jobs across the candidate cities and reviewed factors that the Washington Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) advises employers to consider when choosing…
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