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Commission delays adopting bylaws, asks staff for CPI and city-comparison salary data
Summary
The commission deferred adopting draft bylaws after its parliamentarian advised more review, and requested staff provide CPI comparisons, city salary benchmarks, hours-worked estimates and the Matrix Consulting Group organizational analysis to inform salary recommendations due by Aug. 30.
The Spokane Salary Review Commission declined to adopt draft bylaws at its special meeting after Chris Wright, the council policy adviser and registered parliamentarian, recommended commissioners take more time to review and consider changes. "I recommend that you not actually adopt them today, that you adopt them at your next meeting," Wright said, citing the need to reconcile quorum and voting provisions in the draft and to ensure consistency with the city charter and municipal code (SMC 0 2 0 5).
Commissioners raised several specific research requests for staff. They asked for staff calculations showing…
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