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Council approves 3% supplemental pay increase tied to implementation of pay‑classification study
Summary
Council approved implementing the manager’s recommended pay study implementation and added a supplemental 3% increase (to take effect in December) for roughly 51 positions the study did not move; council recorded the vote as 4–2.
After extended discussion about the recently completed pay‑classification study, the Town of Smithfield council voted 4–2 to implement the manager’s recommended plan and to add an immediate supplemental 3% pay increase for about 51 positions that the study did not move.
Councilman Scott, who made the motion, said the supplemental 3% would help address pay compression for longer‑tenured employees and that the increase should take effect in December so it does not…
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