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Levy Court adopts pay‑step change, orders retroactive increases for some promotions
Summary
Ordinance LC 25‑26 was adopted to place promoted employees into pay steps aligned with at least an 8% promotional increase and to grant a half‑step increase with retroactive pay to eligible promotions between July 1, 2023 and Oct. 28, 2025. Commissioner Hertz was the lone dissenting vote.
Kent County Levy Court on Oct. 28 adopted Ordinance LC 25‑26, revising the county pay‑step policy for promoted employees and ordering retroactive pay for identified cases.
Commissioner Angel introduced the ordinance’s intent: employees who received a promotion should be slotted into the new pay grade at a step that yields at least an 8% increase. The motion adopted language applying the change to all promotions from July 1, 2023, through Oct. 28, 2025, for employees who were eligible for an 8% promotional increase but received less because of pay‑scale slotting. Those employees will receive a half‑step pay‑rate increase with retroactive pay applied from July 1, 2025, to the present.
Commissioner Hertz explained his no vote, saying staff planned additional changes to related policy (Policy 68) and that he preferred the court to consider the complete policy package rather than advancing a single item now. The motion passed on roll call: six ayes, one nay (Hertz).
The ordinance was implemented with the direction that retroactive payments be calculated and applied by the county payroll/finance functions in accordance with the action recorded in the clerk’s minutes. The record indicates the change responds to prior commission discussion and a workshop on Oct. 7, 2025; the ordinance packet includes staff recommendations and implementation notes.
