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Personnel committee continues review of compensation plan; options include shortening step progression, targeted raises for management

2768704 · March 26, 2025
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Summary

Committee members reviewed the city's compensation and classification plan, discussing an eight-step schedule, a 65th-percentile cap in current ranges, examples of range calculations, staffing distribution across percentiles, and multi-year funding options aimed at addressing compression and retention.

The Franklin City Personnel Committee continued a multi-meeting review of the city's classification and compensation plan, focusing on smaller, early actions the city could take to reduce pay compression and improve retention of managerial staff.

Committee members and staff debated changing the step progression and addressing a longstanding cap that effectively limits employees to 65 percent of some salary ranges unless a merit plan is applied. Staff presented examples showing how the current cap prevents employees from reaching posted maximums: for a $60,000–$81,000 range, reaching 65 percent equates to roughly $73,006.50, leaving the…

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