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Budget subcommittee defers living-wage resolution until wage study and cost estimates are available

2220405 · January 29, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners deferred a resolution sponsored by Commissioner Erica Sugarman that would raise Shelby County employee minimum pay to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's living-wage calculation level; final consideration was deferred to Feb. 26 pending a county wage-study and fiscal cost estimate.

A resolution sponsored by Commissioner Erica Sugarman that would raise Shelby County employee minimum pay to the level calculated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) living-wage calculator was discussed by the budget subcommittee and deferred for more information.

Commissioner Thornton moved the resolution with a second by Commissioner Mills. Thornton…

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