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Manassas Park council approves peer list for compensation study; consultant to deliver draft market results in ~6 weeks
Summary
The council adopted a proposed list of comparable jurisdictions for a citywide classification and compensation study; Evergreen Solutions will collect market data and expects draft results for staff review in about six weeks.
Manassas Park — The City Council on June 16 approved a proposed list of peer jurisdictions to be used as market targets in a classification and compensation study conducted by Evergreen Solutions.
Michael Shroy, the Evergreen project manager, told council the firm prefers a broad peer frame (about 12–15 jurisdictions) to ensure an adequate number of job matches for each classification and to avoid gaps that can occur with a very small peer set. He said the firm typically aims for at least five matches per job and prefers seven to nine matches when possible.
Council members asked about including higher-cost jurisdictions and noted the sample includes a range of local governments; Shroy said the initial data collection would be used to report where Manassas Park stands in the market and that the council can later decide which percentiles or exclusions to adopt when setting policy.
Shroy said Evergreen expects draft market numbers for staff review in roughly six weeks after peer approval. The council voted to adopt the proposed list of comparable organizations and directed staff to coordinate the data-collection process with the consultant.
