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Personnel committee hears that reworking Franklin’s pay plan would cost hundreds of thousands; leaders cite levy and budget limits
Summary
Franklin City staff told the Personnel Committee that rewriting the city’s compensation plan to match market pay would require hundreds of thousands of dollars and that levy limits and a personnel‑heavy budget constrain the city’s options.
Franklin City’s Personnel Committee spent substantial time reviewing the city’s classification and compensation framework and heard from staff that closing the gap with market pay would require finding significant money in the operating budget.
Kelly Hirsch, director of administration, reviewed the history of the city’s compensation approach: a GovHR study from February 2015 established the current class-and-comp framework and the city asked GovHR for a refresh in fall 2023. Hirsch said the plan’s use of the “60 fifth percentile” (referred to in meeting discussion as the 65% or 60th‑percentile benchmark) has left many employees well below comparable market pay because merit and progression mechanisms were never fully implemented. "That 60 fifth percentile... has…
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