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Supervisors weigh 3% across-the-board raises, targeted equity increases for directors amid uncertainty over reserves
Summary
After an HR presentation, the board tentatively agreed to a 3% across‑the‑board pay increase for non‑bargaining staff and discussed targeted equity adjustments (proposed 6% for three director roles), while some supervisors warned uncertain state legislation and reserves make additions risky.
The county’s HR director presented a market comparison and recommended a 3% across‑the‑board increase for non‑bargaining staff (budgeted) and additional equity corrections for several long‑tenured director positions.
The HR director told the board that most department-head midpoints had been moved closer to market during a prior comp study and that facilities and veterans‑affairs directors and the conservation director remain below midpoint. She recommended targeted corrections — as much as 6% for those specific roles — on top of a budgeted 3% increase. She said the three adjustments would add roughly $21,000 in salary cost before benefits.
Board members debated timing and fiscal trade-offs: some favored a split increase (half July 1 and half Jan. 1) to reduce immediate fiscal impact; others argued that given legislative uncertainty about reserve limits the county should proceed cautiously. One supervisor said staff are “the asset of this county” and urged protecting pay where possible; others stressed the board must balance competitiveness with fiscal constraints.
Action and next steps: the board agreed informally to the budgeting baseline of 3% across non‑bargaining staff and to consider the small equity corrections (final dollar amounts and benefit costs to be provided by staff ahead of Tuesday’s meeting). Finance staff will include the projected cost of the recommended equity increases in the updated worksheet for final board action.
