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County staff recommend 3% COLA and propose merit incentive option; health-insurance premiums could rise
Summary
County staff recommended a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for all employees and presented an option to add a performance-based 1% merit payment; staff also warned of a potential 15% health-insurance premium increase and proposed using pro-share reserves to offset roughly half that added cost.
At the April 15 workshop, Sheila Fitzgerald, the deputy county administrator, said county staff recommends a 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for employees next fiscal year and offered a possible additional 1% performance-based merit payment if revenue forecasts improve. "At this time, a 3% [COLA], with the potential that we may come back and update you on, potentially that additional 1%," Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald described a shift in the county's approach to performance assessment: the county moved from a formal scored performance-evaluation system to an annual "retention interview"…
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