Framingham finance subcommittee reviews classification and compensation study, requests per‑position cost detail and schedules Jan. 28 follow-up

The Framingham City Council finance subcommittee on Jan. 7 reviewed a citywide classification and compensation study conducted by GovHR and asked the administration for a per‑position financial impact analysis before completing action.

The study, completed in November 2024 after GovHR was retained in March 2023, recommends changes to job groupings and grades, consolidates some salary grades and adds higher subgrades in the M (manager) series. Committee members also raised concerns about potential exposure under the Massachusetts Fair Pay Equity Act, chapter 149, §105A, and questioned the consulting outreach and the level of detail provided with the presentation.

GovHR was the only vendor to respond and was retained under a $49,500 contract, the presenter said. The study covers roughly 125 nonunion positions, proposes adding an M9 and M10 grade, consolidating the S grade to a single range and creating a DH4 group intended to include the chief operating…