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Winchester commission split over compensation study; motion to rescind fails
Summary
Commissioners clashed over a compensation study that restructured pay grades; a motion to rescind personnel orders brought by Commissioner (Speaker 8) citing inequities failed after the mayor and others defended the market adjustments for employees.
A lengthy debate over a recently adopted compensation study and associated personnel orders dominated the latter portion of the meeting. Commissioner (Speaker 8) moved to rescind the personnel order and argued that the study produced uneven results — saying many employees received very small adjustments while a small number of recent hires received large raises, which he singled out as problematic. He cited examples discussed in the packet, including a roughly 19.6% increase for the city…
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