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Commissioners push staff to design a pay plan within $1.7 million; agree to use Senate Bill 22 funds and keep incentive pay in budget
Summary
McLennan County Commissioners directed staff to develop a salary-adjustment plan that fits an all‑in budget target of about $1.7 million (inclusive of benefits), and agreed to budget an incentive-pay placeholder of $587,760 while using up to $500,000 in expected Senate Bill 22 funds to reduce the county general-fund share.
McLennan County Commissioners devoted the bulk of the meeting to personnel and pay-plan choices, pressing staff for a workable budget figure and asking HR and finance to return with a specific distribution plan.
County staff presented updated figures reflecting a new cost-of-living (COLA) estimate of 1.76 percent and several pay-adjustment options, and HR summarized the costs for proposed changes to the step pay plan, incentive pay, and several new or reclassified positions. Staff repeatedly framed the decision as a matter of how much the general fund can commit versus how much can be covered using Senate Bill 22 funds.
After extended discussion about recruit-and-retain problems at the jail and in county law enforcement, the court coalesced around a financial target: staff were directed to craft an implementation option…
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