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Board approves broader pay‑study ordinance after weeks of debate; ad hoc committee proposal fails
Summary
The Hendersonville Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved an amendment to the municipal code expanding the scope of the city's pay study to include supplemental and non‑salary compensation. A separate proposal to create an ad hoc aldermanic committee to recommend comparator jurisdictions failed 8–4.
The Hendersonville Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Sept. 9 approved second reading of Ordinance 2025‑12, amending the city's personnel code to expand the scope of the pay study to include supplemental pays and other non‑salary compensation for city employees.
The ordinance change, proposed by Alderman Nancy Collins, requires the consultant conducting the market analysis to capture "all forms of payment, not just salary" — including education pay, EMT pay, special assignment differentials and other supplements that affect employees' total compensation. Collins described the change as aimed at producing a more comprehensive snapshot of employee pay: "It's just the point is to capture all forms of payment, not just salary because for some of our, people, particularly our public safety…
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