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Consultant tells Crookston City Council proposed pay plan would align most jobs with market, cost about $32,000 to implement
Summary
ABDO consultant Michael Mooney presented a compensation and classification study recommending a 23‑grade, nine‑step pay plan that he said would, on average, align minimums with market and raise overall payroll about 2% (roughly $32,000) if implemented Jan. 1; council asked questions about methodology and data limits.
Michael Mooney, a manager with ABDO, told the Crookston City Council on Dec. 15 that a recently completed compensation and classification study recommends a new step‑and‑grade pay plan for city staff and that the proposed plan meets Minnesota pay equity standards.
The consultant said the recommended structure has 23 grades and nine steps and is designed so that the average minimum pay in each grade equals market minimums while average maximum pay is about 2% above market. "If we implement January 1, phase‑one implementation would result in approximately a 2% increase to the overall payroll," Mooney said, adding the citywide cost in the study totaled roughly $32,000 based on current headcount.
Mooney said the work combined updated job…
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