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JBC staff outlines compensation choices: salaries, step-like increases and insurer premium risk drive budget uncertainty
Summary
Craig Harper of Joint Budget Committee staff briefed the Executive Committee on compensation decision items, highlighting a 2.5% across-the-board request, a 0.6% step-like component, and health insurance premium risk that could require substantial state funding.
Craig Harper, director for Joint Budget Committee staff, presented background and options on the employee compensation common policy, emphasizing that the two largest budget drivers are salary costs and health/life/dental insurance.
Harper said the negotiated partnership agreement from September is the basis for the governor’s request and that legislative decisions historically have mirrored the executive branch request for legislative staff. Harper outlined the salary components embedded in the request: a 2.5% across-the-board increase and a 0.6% step-like component for…
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