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Committee deadlocks on change-in-employee-compensation; multiple CEC proposals fail to pass
Summary
The joint committee debated four competing change-in-employee-compensation (CEC) proposals — ranging from a flat dollar-per-hour increase to a 5% governor's proposal and merit-based options — but did not approve any during the Jan. 31 meeting.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee considered four competing change-in-employee-compensation (CEC) proposals on Jan. 31 but did not adopt any of them. Committee members debated whether to use a flat dollar-per-hour increase, merit-based increases, or the governor's 5% merit proposal; after multiple roll calls and procedural challenges the panel deferred final action to a future date.
The packet presented four principal options:
- A flat-dollar approach centered on $1.55 per hour per FTP with distribution flexibility to agency heads (referred to in the packet as a $1.55-per-hour option). The motion presented by Representative Miller (motion 1 in the packet) calculated that amount as $84,411,000 for state employees with related allocations for community colleges and public schools, totaling…
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