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Committee debate on employee compensation ends with motions withdrawn for staff follow-up
Summary
Lawmakers debated competing proposals for change-in-employee-compensation (CEC) increases — a per-hour flat add versus a percentage/merit approach and targeted market adjustments — but both principal motions were withdrawn to allow staff to rework numbers and language.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee engaged in an extended debate over change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC) proposals before members agreed to withdraw competing motions so staff could reformat numbers and draft clean language.
Representative Furness presented the CEC committee’s recommendation: a $1.55 per hour increase for each permanent state employee (a form of flat-dollar increase), with accompanying targeted adjustments that included an 8 percent increase for Idaho State Police troopers, a $1.55-or-3% (whichever is greater) increase for nursing/healthcare workers, and a 4.5% market-based increase for classified IT and engineering positions. Furness read the package and a number of members noted an omission: the non‑classified IT and…
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