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Monroe County council approves assessor job-class and salary changes after months-long review
Summary
The council unanimously approved amended assessor job descriptions and salary-ordinance updates effective April 7, 2024, raising classifications and moving several positions from 35 to 40 hours per week after a months-long PAC review and revisions to outside consultant recommendations.
The Monroe County Council unanimously approved amendments to the assessor’s office job descriptions and a revision to the 2024 salary ordinance at its April 9 meeting. The changes, effective April 7, revise certain position classifications and move multiple assessor roles from 35- to 40-hour workweeks.
Assessor Judy Sharps told the council the revisions are the result of a process that began in August and involved extensive staff and PAC work: “This has been a long journey since August,” she said, asking the council to approve changes that she and staff characterized as correcting long-standing classification mismatches.
Councilors described detailed review rounds, including PAC adjustments to recommendations from a vendor (Wagner, Erwin and Shealy). Councilor Peter Iverson said PAC and staff increased some salary recommendations to better reflect technical and scientific duties in the assessor’s office. Councilor comments emphasized matching assessor positions to comparable jobs in the auditor’s office and retaining staff with higher-skill work.
The council heard that PAC and staff had reviewed 66 pages of job descriptions in the meeting packet and that the updated classifications reflect the work actually performed. The council voted by roll call; the motion passed unanimously.
The action changes classification and pay structure for the assessor’s office and includes procedural clarifications about exempt/nonexempt status and overtime calculations. The council’s action follows months of review and is intended to improve retention and align pay with duties.
The ordinance will be implemented as adopted; the council did not add additional conditions at the time of the vote. The council noted continued review as needed as workloads and comparative data evolve.
