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DeKalb County Council amends salary ordinance to reclassify part-time animal control officer, approves $23.49 pay rate
Summary
The council voted 6–1 to amend the county salary ordinance to move a part-time animal control officer from a lower civilian classification into a higher part-time classification (COMAT A) at $23.49 per hour after discussion about job duties and missing job descriptions.
DeKalb County Council members voted to amend the county salary ordinance and reclassify a part-time animal control officer to a higher pay classification, approving pay of $23.49 per hour.
The reclassification passed on voice vote after the council amended the proposed salary ordinance to move the position from a civilian part-time classification (noted in the record as “Civilian Pol B”) into the COMAT A part-time classification. The amendment was offered, moved and seconded, carried by voice vote, then the ordinance was approved on first reading, the council suspended the rules and approved second and third readings in the same meeting. The final vote on adoption was recorded as 6–1.
The council discussion centered on why the employee had initially been placed in the lower classification and whether the county’s pay ordinance provides adequate job descriptions or definitions for part-time…
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