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Heated JFAC debate on pay adjustments ends with motions withdrawn; issue to return
Summary
Committee members debated rival approaches to employee pay — a flat $1.55 hourly bump vs. percentage/merit increases and targeted market adjustments for troopers, nurses and IT — but sponsors withdrew motions to allow staff time to finalize numbers.
A substantive and at times heated debate on change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC) recommendations occupied the committee for much of the session before the primary motions were withdrawn to allow staff additional time to reconcile numbers and language.
Representative Furness (motion sponsor) presented the CEC committee’s recommendation to provide a $1.55 per hour increase for permanent state employees (or 4% where that is higher), with additional provisions: an 8% increase for Idaho State Police trooper pay; an increase of $1.55 or 3% for nursing and health‑care workers (whichever is greater,…
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