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County staff present proposed salary and benefit adjustments for elected officials; board schedules ordinance enactment
Summary
Personnel recommended new salary levels and benefit parity for most elected officials based on a third‑party market study; board heard the ordinance language and scheduled final enactment.
The Board of Supervisors considered a personnel department proposal April 29 to amend Inyo County Code provisions setting salary and benefits for elected county officers and scheduled final enactment after the required reading period.
Carmen Marcelin, assistant personnel director, presented the ordinance amendments that would set new base salaries and align certain benefits for elected officials effective June 5, 2025 (the presentation included a walk‑on correction to add the coroner to a subsection and to move the effective date to the start of a pay period). Marcelin said the recommended salaries were derived from a comprehensive classification and compensation study completed under contract with Evergreen Consulting and that the county benchmarked positions to market midpoints in a peer set.
If enacted the ordinance would set (effective 2025‑06‑05) these base yearly salaries for the positions listed in subsection 2.88.040: assessor $170,000; auditor‑controller $170,000;…
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