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Berkeley County administration to review firefighter pay scale as department grows
Summary
County Administrator asked commissioners for consensus to review and revise the firefighter step-in-grade pay scale to reflect a larger 24/7 professional department; commissioners agreed to have staff return with recommendations.
County Administrator Gary Weyane told the Berkeley County Commission that the county's existing firefighter step-in-grade pay scale was designed for a much smaller workforce and needs review now that the department has grown.
Weyane said the prior scale assumed mostly 8- and 12-hour employees and about 20 positions; the department now operates with roughly 48 full-time employees on 24/7 schedules.…
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