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Commission adopts new compensation policy and preliminary merit matrix for 2026 budgeting
Summary
The commission approved a new county compensation policy that combines step-and-grade, market-based and performance-based pay and adopted a preliminary merit matrix (matrix No. 2) to use for August preliminary budgets and employee merit calculations.
The Stark County Commission approved a new compensation policy and a preliminary merit matrix to guide 2026 salary budgeting and merit-pay calculations.
Joetta Piercy, the county’s human resources director, presented a compensation framework developed by a compensation committee made up of county staff and two commissioners. Piercy said the policy combines three approaches: a step-and-grade system (for elected officials and staff without evaluations), market-based ranges set using NDACO and Bureau of Labor Statistics comparisons, and a…
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