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Granite County approves 3% COLA for elected officials and raises non-union pay matrices to match road crew increase
Summary
Following a compensation board recommendation, the county approved a 3% cost-of-living increase for elected officials and adopted a 4% matrix adjustment for non-union employees (in addition to the 3% COLA) to align salaries with a prior road-crew increase, producing an effective 7% change for those non-union workers going forward.
Granite County commissioners approved a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for elected officials and voted to raise non-union county employees’ pay matrices by an additional 4% to align those salaries with an increase the road crew received last year.
The motion, made after a lengthy discussion on fairness and the implications for union negotiations, directs a 3% COLA to elected officials and adds 4% into the pay matrix for non-union, non-elected employees, yielding an effective 7% adjustment for those staff this year (the change is forward-looking, not retroactive).
Clerk/Recorder staff explained the matrix mechanics: adding a percentage to the matrix applies proportionally across grades and steps rather than a flat dollar amount, which staff said simplifies administration. Commissioners debated whether to use a dollar addendum or a percent, and whether the change would complicate future union negotiations, but the board agreed the additional adjustment was intended to correct earlier differences when the road crew negotiated a higher increase.
Commissioners instructed staff to proceed with the matrix update and to prepare for any implications in upcoming negotiations; they also discussed timing and communications so employees understand the adjustment is not retroactive but is intended to maintain internal equity.
The vote to adopt the COLA and matrix adjustment passed by voice vote.
