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Decatur County Council adopts salary ordinance changes and formalizes personnel-review committee process

Decatur County Council · December 17, 2025
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Summary

Council moved from name-specific pay listings to position-based pay bands, approved a salary ordinance setting new-hire base rates, and formalized a personnel and salary committee process to review new positions and pay changes before full council consideration.

Council considered a salary ordinance that removes employee names from the ordinance and instead lists positions with pay bands and base rates. One council member said new hires should start at the base rate (identified as $20.25 in discussion) rather than at the higher 2026 rate listed for incumbent employees. The council…

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