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Reston Association trims staff merit pool, approves $140,000 one-time pay pool and other budget changes
Summary
The Reston Association Board of Directors on Oct. 9 approved several changes to the draft 2026–27 budget after extended debate, including a cut to the proposed employee merit increase and a one-time market adjustment.
The Reston Association Board of Directors on Oct. 9 approved several changes to the draft 2026–27 budget after extended debate, including a cut to the proposed employee merit increase and a one-time market adjustment.
The board voted to reduce the proposed staff merit pool from 4% to 3.2% for the 2026–27 biannual budget, and later approved directing staff to use an attrition assumption of 4% (instead of the previously proposed 3.5%) when preparing the personnel budget. The board also approved a one-time employee compensation pool of $140,000 to be applied consistent with the adopted compensation philosophy.
Why it matters: those personnel assumptions feed directly into the assessment and the operating…
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