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Orange County approves higher pay steps for public health nurses and LPNs to ease recruitment
Summary
The Orange County Legislature authorized upgrading the public health nurse classification from grade 14 to grade 16 with hiring at an advanced step and approved an advanced hiring step for licensed practical nurses, measures county officials said are intended to address post‑COVID staffing shortages.
Orange County legislators voted to reallocate the public health nurse classification from grade 14 to grade 16 and to allow hiring at advanced step 5, moving the 2025 hourly salary for that position from $42.53 to $49.81 when a hire is deemed necessary by the commissioner of human resources. The Legislature also authorized hiring licensed practical nurses (LPNs) at step 5 in the health department, increasing the LPN hourly rate from $25.12 to $29.16 when a hire is deemed necessary.
The measures passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition. Allison Tayac, Deputy Commissioner of Human Resources, presented the requests as…
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