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VTA Consulting recommends 2.8% pay-grade increase and consolidation of part-time pay in Hendersonville pay study
Summary
At the May 12 General Committee meeting, VTA Consulting presented a pay-study recommending a 2.8% increase to pay grades, consolidation of part-time/seasonal positions into the general pay scale, and targeted reclassifications; the consultant estimated the total implementation cost at about $3.94 million with the COLA portion just under $903,000.
At a May 12 General Committee meeting, Beth Thompson of VTA Consulting presented the results of a city-wide pay study and recommended moving Hendersonville’s pay grades up approximately 2.8%, merging part-time and seasonal positions into the general pay scale where duties match, and making a handful of reclassifications to better align jobs with market rates.
Thompson described the firm’s methodology as a job-analysis questionnaire for incumbents, department-head interviews and market benchmarking using municipal peers and a national business salary database projected to July 1, 2026. “We want to be a leader in the market,” Thompson said,…
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