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Budget committee approves 2.7% COLA for six elected officials, splits on market increases
Summary
The Clackamas County Budget Committee approved a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment for six elected officials (excluding the board of county commissioners) and took separate votes on recommended market adjustments, approving and denying changes position-by-position.
The Clackamas County Budget Committee on April 21 approved a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment for six elected officials — the assessor, clerk, district attorney, justice of the peace, sheriff, and treasurer — while excluding that increase for the board of county commissioners.
The motion to apply the 2.7% COLA to the six elected officials drew an amendment from the motion-maker (new budget committee member Jeff Kaitton) to exclude county commissioners; the amended motion passed 8–1, with Mr. Cernach recording the lone no vote.
The committee then considered market adjustments recommended by the Compensation Board, whose staff liaison Nina Monroe Smith and chair Jennifer Justice presented the board’s approach: compare…
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