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Canton hears pay‑study that would raise wages about 8%; council delays action
Summary
David Drown Associates presented a job classification and pay‑grade study showing one employee above range and three below; bringing the three up would cost about $9,500 (roughly 8% increase); council deferred action and delayed approving job descriptions.
CANTON — The Canton City Council received results of an employee classification and compensation study at its March 9 meeting but chose not to take immediate action.
Mark Goldberg of David Drown Associates presented a $6,700 study using the JET (Job Evaluated Tool) methodology and salary comparatives from 23 area communities. The consultant proposed a four‑grade salary structure with nine steps in each grade and described a 24% range width as "competitive in the market." The study found one employee currently paid above the proposed structure and three employees below it. Goldberg said bringing the three employees into the proposed pay schedule would raise total employee wages for 2022 by nearly 8%, or about $9,500. He said reducing an employee's current wages would be "toxic" and would not be recommended; the council agreed the employee above the range would be frozen rather than reduced.
After discussion the council refrained from adopting the new pay schedule at the meeting and also delayed consideration of the proposed job descriptions developed by David Drown Associates. Bergey reminded the council there had been no request by current employees for wage increases and that the study was intended to create a structured pay grade schedule consistent with FLSA principles.
The report will remain under consideration; the council did not set a timetable to act on the pay schedule at the March 9 meeting.
