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Board agrees to top-of-grade bonus plan and discusses minimum-wage timing; staff to return with revenue offsets
Summary
Commissioners directed staff to add a 2.5% "top-of-grade" bonus for employees who cannot advance further on the pay scale and approved moving the mandated minimum-wage increase (6% in January 2023) into the FY23 schedule with an option to implement earlier if revenue offsets are identified.
County leaders used the March 15 budget work session to update a series of compensation policy choices that will affect thousands of county employees: commissioners endorsed a 2.5% top-of-grade supplemental payment for employees at the maximum of their pay scale and directed staff to include the state-mandated hourly minimum-wage increase in the proposed schedule, with a request to identify revenue offsets if the board wanted to accelerate implementation earlier than the state deadline.
Why it matters: The decisions affect recurring personnel costs across county government and influence recruitment and retention for hourly and top-scale staff. Commissioners discussed how to treat top-of-grade payments (as a bonus that does not increase retirementable pay) and whether to give the minimum-wage…
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